Plans for the Gibbon Heart-Lung Machine, model III, 1950-1954.

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Plans for the Gibbon Heart-Lung Machine, model III, 1950-1954.

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Set of schematic drawings and plans of the heart-lung machine developed in the 1950s by the International Business Machines Corporation for John Heysham Gibbon. The plans are numbered, 288-0100 to 288-0314 and 288-0350 to 288-0469, and filed in numerical sequence.

2 boxes (344 items).

College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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International Business Machines Corporation

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International Business Machines Corporation was incorporated in New York State on June 16, 1911 under the name Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. In 1922, Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. purchased all of the shares of Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen Gesellschaft. In 1924 the official name of the company was changed to International Business Machines Corporation. In 1933, IBM CEO Thomas Watson ordered the merger of IBM subsidiaries in Germany (Optima, Degemag, Holgemag, Dehomag) under the name De...

Gibbon, John Heysham

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Dr. Gibbon was widely recognized for his pioneering efforts and invention of the heart-lung machine. He also performed the first human open heart bypass operation. As a member of the faculty at Jefferson Medical College, he held the positions of Professor of Surgery and Director of the Department of Surgery (1946-1956) and was the Samuel D. Gross Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery (1946-1967). He was widely recognized for his pioneering efforts in surgery and the invention of th...