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Dr. Michael DeBakey dead at 99 years old. A legend is gone.
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:18 pm
by vbhoutex
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5884576.htmlProbably the greatest surgeon there has ever been. May he RIP.
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:01 pm
by DaylilyDawn
It is thanks to his expertise that my son was able to have a kidney transplant. If he had not pioneered heart transplants, kidneys would not have been transplanted either.
Re: Dr. Michael DeBakey dead at 99 years old. A legend is gone.
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:54 pm
by andrewsmith1
I did a research report on this man when I was in high school. I honestly can't think of any other single person who made a larger impact on medicine than this man. My wife is a doctor and she uses some of the things he invented on a nearly daily basis.
Re: Dr. Michael DeBakey dead at 99 years old. A legend is gone.
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:21 pm
by george_r_1961
I wonder how many people led normal productive lives that otherwise would have died if it werent for the efforts of this man.
Re: Dr. Michael DeBakey dead at 99 years old. A legend is gone.
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:53 pm
by vbhoutex
george_r_1961 wrote:I wonder how many people led normal productive lives that otherwise would have died if it werent for the efforts of this man.
Probably 10's of thousands.