Dr. DeBakey has died , he was 99. He and Dr.Barnard were/are synonymous with cutting edge heart surgery ......
He would have to be on anyone's short list of giants towering over 20th century medicine , along with Fleming (penicillin) Salk (polio) and just a few others .......
I remember when i was a kid hearing "live ! via early bird satellite !" and then you'd see him doing open heart surgery , saving someone's life on live tv , it was pretty dramatic ........
He would have to be on anyone's short list of giants towering over 20th century medicine , along with Fleming (penicillin) Salk (polio) and just a few others .......
I remember when i was a kid hearing "live ! via early bird satellite !" and then you'd see him doing open heart surgery , saving someone's life on live tv , it was pretty dramatic ........
Inviato Sat 12 Jul 08 @ 9:36 am
discjockeydoc
Yet another great visionary and forward thinker has succombed to the undeniable master that is mortality. Nevertheless, ninety-nine years is evidence of a life lived well, thanks, in part, to one of his own procedures (!!), and his legacy will live on in modern medicine forever.
He was unarguably ahead of his time, and it is interesting to note that his techniques and innovations were once looked upon contemptuously by his contemporaries, but have since become quite indispensible and life-saving. Sometimes, it is just more appropriate to admit that change IS good.
He was unarguably ahead of his time, and it is interesting to note that his techniques and innovations were once looked upon contemptuously by his contemporaries, but have since become quite indispensible and life-saving. Sometimes, it is just more appropriate to admit that change IS good.
Inviato Sat 12 Jul 08 @ 1:04 pm
yes apparently 2-3 years ago he had one of his own procedures done .... He was one of those people who worked extremely hard ,was always working a full schedule of surgeries , plus researching new procedures and tools , plus writing .......
Dr. DeBakey invented 70 new tools , and was always working on new devices . He was already working on a new pump when he was in med school and later made more advanced pumps and artificial hearts. One patient lived 5 days on his artificial heart .
Dr. DeBakey invented 70 new tools , and was always working on new devices . He was already working on a new pump when he was in med school and later made more advanced pumps and artificial hearts. One patient lived 5 days on his artificial heart .
Inviato Sat 12 Jul 08 @ 1:46 pm
tayla
"One patient lived 5 days on his artificial heart"
thats a bit of a shit when he only went in to have an in grown toe nail removed...
thats a bit of a shit when he only went in to have an in grown toe nail removed...
Inviato Sat 12 Jul 08 @ 8:03 pm
tayla
hi ya chuck, got to make light, my dad went through a heart operation and received two pigs valves which extended his life for a few years, he could never understand everytime we met i used to say "can anyone smell mushrooms".... still wet myself thinking about it
Inviato Sat 12 Jul 08 @ 8:10 pm
that's nothin' my dentist keeps tryin' to give me a rectal exam .....i got 'er number though
Inviato Sat 12 Jul 08 @ 10:00 pm
wildcountryclub
considering that my father is alive because of 2 of his inventions and 3 of his pioneering procedures - yeah, he gets props.
Inviato Sun 13 Jul 08 @ 4:59 am
i just went to my cartographer (heartologist) .......he reccomended a lobotomy
i didn't even know i still had my lobo.......
i didn't even know i still had my lobo.......
Inviato Mon 14 Jul 08 @ 7:19 am
Tear Em 'Up
chucknorrisyouwimps wrote :
.......he reccomended a lobotomy
Mine did too Chuck, and sent me to a proctologist....
Inviato Mon 14 Jul 08 @ 10:45 am