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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
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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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Cite as:Strong, Thom as (1996) " Plastic Heart, Black Box, Iron Cage: Instrumental Reason and the A rtificial Heart Experiment," d is C lo s u r e: A J o u r n a l of So ci a l Th e o r y : Vol. 5 , Article 5. DOI: https://do i.org/10.13023/DIS CLOSURE.05.05 Available at: http://ukno wledge.uky.edu/disclosure/vol5/iss1/5 |
| 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 |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jun 2017 16:32 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory |
| Publisher: | University of Kentucky |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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