One Life Author:Christiaan Barnard The story of the surgeon who performed the first heart transplant -- In professional detail Barnard describes his surgical career, its triumph and tragedy, from the early animal experiments to dramatic breakthrough in the treatment of fatal childhood diseases of the brain, intestine, and heart. He recounts the successful human kidney transplant... more » that preceded the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky in 1967. And finally, the complete story of that momentous operation itself, and of the remarkable man who was granted a second life with a young girl's heart.« less