University Hospital - Open-heart Surgery

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A NY Channel 5 cameraman films an operation (not in view) from above. A doctor, nurses and additional television crew members are in view. One of a series of photos from an open-heart surgery performed in 1958 on Miss Mabel Chin by Dr. Jere Lord, Jr. The operation was filmed by NY Channel 5 and televised on May 6, 1958. Classification numbers for the entire group of photos: 022 .C .55-.65, all in File #22.