Strong, Thomas
(1996)
Plastic Heart, Black Box, Iron Cage:
Instrumental Reason and the Artificial Heart Experiment.
disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory, 5 (5).
pp. 28-55.
ISSN 1055-6133
Abstract
On the night of December 1, 1982, a surgical team in Salt Lake City implanted a
plastic pump in the chest of 61 year old Barney Clark. The operation lasted nine
hours; it was not without complications. It was the first time in history that a human
being had been implanted with an "artificial heart" intended as a permanent replacement
for his "real" heart. Clark died 112 days later on the night of March 23,
1983: his circulatory system had collapsed. Now, over a decade later, research on
the artificial heart has also collapsed.
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Cite as:Strong, Thom
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Plastic Heart, Black Box, Iron Cage: Instrumental Reason and the A
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| Keywords: |
Plastic Heart; Black Box; Iron Cage:
Artificial Heart; Experiment; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Anthropology |
| Item ID: |
8392 |
| Depositing User: |
Dr. Thomas Strong
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| Date Deposited: |
28 Jun 2017 16:32 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory |
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University of Kentucky |
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