Description
Original LIFE Magazine — December 15, 1967
This is an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine published December 15, 1967 — a real piece of American history, carefully preserved and ready to give, collect, or display.
Cover Subject: Louis Washkansky recovering after receiving the world’s first successful human-to-human heart transplant.
Inside This Issue: LIFE reports on the historic heart transplant performed in Cape Town, South Africa, by surgeon Dr. Christiaan Barnard, using the heart donated by Denise Darvall to give critically ill Louis Washkansky a new chance at life. The issue also features the boxed art of Joseph Cornell, holiday shoplifting, the world’s greatest tenor, and the original news, photography, advertising, politics, culture, and features from December 15, 1967.
Completeness: Complete original issue, including the original pages, photographs, stories, and advertisements. Not a reproduction or modern reprint.
Perfect For: Medical-history collectors, cardiologists, surgeons, nurses, heart-transplant researchers, Dr. Christiaan Barnard collectors, LIFE Magazine collectors, and anyone looking for a meaningful gift connected to a landmark medical achievement.
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 4 Opinion and Comment: Editorials: Business Zeros in On Poverty
Pg… 4 Opinion and Comment: Editorials: A Dutch Finger in the Dike Against Tipping
Pg… 8–16 Opinion and Comment: Reviews: Book: “The Hidden World of Maurice Sendak,” Reviewed by Robert Phelps
Pg… 8–16 Opinion and Comment: Reviews: Book: John Holt’s “How Children Learn,” Reviewed by Jonathan Kozol
Pg… 8–16 Opinion and Comment: Reviews: Movie: “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” with Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, Reviewed by Richard Schickel
Pg… 21 Opinion and Comment: The View from Here: The Holy Land Just Before Christmas. By Loudon Wainwright
Pg… 22 Opinion and Comment: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 24 The Week’s News and Features: The Gift of a Heart: In South Africa, a Dying Man Gets a Heart from a Dead Woman and a New Chance at Life. Four Little Girls Stave Off Death with Liver Transplants.
Pg… 32 The Week’s News and Features: On the Newsfronts of the World: People and Events Around the Globe. A Farewell Assessment of Vietnam. By Frank McCulloch
Pg… 38 The Week’s News and Features: Close–Up: South Carolinian Steelmaker Frank Threatt Hires Ex–Cons and Conducts a Quiet Drive on Prejudice
Pg… 52 The Week’s News and Features: Boxed Art of Joseph Cornell: The Enigmatic Bachelor of Utopia Parkway Puts Universes Into Small Containers. By David Bourdon
Pg… 66B The Week’s News and Features: The Season for Shoplifting: One Out of Every 60 Customers is a Thief and Employes are Not All Honest Either. By Chris Welles
Pg… 74 The Week’s News and Features: The World’s Greatest Tenor: A Connoisseur of the Opera Tries to Pick the Best One and Comes Up with Eight. By Robert Daley
Pg… 87 The Week’s News and Features: Fashion: The Ruffle: A Swoon Song for Femininity Returns
Pg… 90 The Week’s News and Features: Great Dinners: Part 47: Well–Garnished Squab. Photographed by John Dominis. A Gala Presentation for a Bisque and Brandy Aflame. By Eleanor Graves
Pg… 96 The Week’s News and Features: Miscellany
