DR. MICHAEL E. DEBAKEY - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 01/07/1986

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DR. MICHAEL E. DEBAKEY - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 01/07/1986 - HFSID 264871
MICHAEL DeBAKEY
DeBakey signed this letter in 1986 in response to an article written and sent to him by a kidney transplant patient. It's typed on letterhead from Baylor College of Medicine, where he was chancellor.
Typed letter signed
"Michael E DeBakey".
1 page, 8½x11, on letterhead of the Office of the Chancellor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
January 7, 1986.
Addressed to Mr. Raymond M. Beck, Bangor, Maine.
In full:
"Dear Mr. Beck: Thank you for your letter postmarked January 2, 1986, and the enclosed copy of the article you wrote about your new philosophy of life after undergoing renal transplantation. It is well written, and I enjoyed reading it. There is no doubt that a brush with death alters one's perspective toward life. In accordance with your request, I am enclosing three autographed photographs, three autographed cards, and some reprints
[Items not included.]
which will give you an idea of my philosophy of life. With them go my best wishes to you for continued productivity and for 'wearing your goals properly.' Sincerely yours, Michael E. DeBakey, M. D. 2-ps Enclosures".
"Renal transplant" is another name for a kidney transplant.
DeBakey
(1908-2008, born Michel Dabaghi in Lake Charles, Louisiana), who
developed the pump for the heart-lung machine
in 1932,
performed the first successful coronary bypass (1953)
and was the
first surgeon to successfully use an artificial heart pump
as a left ventricular assist device in a patient (August 8, 1966 in Houston, Texas). DeBakey, who devised new cardiovascular surgical procedures, including
developing Dacron artificial grafts for cardiac bypass surgery (1950-1953),
and developed more than 50 instruments for the improvement of patient care, also
successfully implanted a mechanical temporary heart substitute
in 1967 and performed the first of his 12 heart transplants in 1968. DeBakey, the author of
The Living Heart
(1977) and
The Living Heart Diet
(1984), is also credited with
developing the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (M.A.S.H.) concept
for the military (1945), which saved countless lives during the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. The famed surgeon and pioneer in cardiology, who celebrated his 90th birthday and 50 years with the Baylor College of Medicine and the Methodist Hospital in 1998, has been recognized with the
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1969), National Medal of Science (1987), Lifetime Achievement Award from the United Nations (1999) and NASA's Commercial Invention of the Year Award (2002)
for the DeBakey Ventricular Assist Device, based in part on space shuttle technology, and was
named a "Living Legend" by Congress in 2000.
Slightly creased. Faint paperclip impression in upper left. Otherwise in fine condition.
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