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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

DODRILL, Forest Dewey (1902 – 1997)

1902 – 1997

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1952

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Some physiologic aspects of the artificial heart problem.

DODRILL, Forest Dewey (1902 – 1997)

On July 3, 1952 Dodrill completed the first successful open heart surgery on the left ventricle of Henry Opitek. He used a machine developed by himself and researchers at General Motors, the Dodrill-GMR, considered to…