It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms. — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
I had bought two male chimps from a primate colony in Holland. They lived next to each other in separate cages for several months… — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
I don't believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we are inventing… — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
I believe often that death is good medical treatment because it can achieve what all the medical advances and technology cannot achieve today, and… — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
For a dying man it is not a difficult decision [to agree to become the world's first heart transplant] ... because he knows he… — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life,… — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
I vowed never again to experiment with such sensitive creatures. — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms. — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he… — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned. — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
