BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)

40th year  -  N° 150                 Friday, 30 May 2025         Antwerpen		
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
University of Utah Medical Center

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

Related events:

  1. Thursday 2nd of December 1982 (x) Artificial-heart patient Barney Clark has an artificial Jarvik heart transplantation by William DeVries
    Clark survived 112 days with the Jarvik device.

  2. Wednesday 23rd of March 1983 (-) Artificial-heart patient Barney Clark dies of a stroke
    Clark spent the last 112 days of his life in a hospital bed attached to the Jarvik 7, a 180 kgs console that pumped air in and out of the aluminum-and-plastic implant through a system of hoses. Clark was constantly plagued by infections, drifting into and out of consciousness, at several points asking to be allowed to die.

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