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Photograph caption dated July 9, 1955 reads, "Tense moment - Surgeons near climax of operation on patient Roy Greenwood, 61, in Victory Hospital, North Hollywood, during which they introduced powdered talcum into heart cavity in attempt to create new and increased blood supply to heart."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Victory Hospital (North Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.) American Osteopathic Association Heart--Surgery--Patients--California--Los Angeles Heart--Surgery--California--Los Angeles Heart--Surgery--Instruments Hospitals--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Heart surgeons--California--Los Angeles Physicians--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs Group portraits
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