News In Brief
November 26, 1984
World's 2nd artificial heart transplant took place SundayLouisville, Ky.
William J. Schroeder of Jasper, Ind., has become the world's second person to undergo an operation to receive a permanent artificial heart. The surgery to implant the plastic heart was completed at the Humana Hospital Audubon here at 12:55 p.m. Sunday, said a hospital spokesman.