Rucker AJ, Baden MM, Llewellyn M, Pappas TN. The Assassination of Medgar Evers.
Ann Thorac Surg 2021;
113:366-371. [PMID:
34343472 DOI:
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.06.075]
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Abstract
In 1995, Dr. Martin Dalton published a recounting of his involvement with the first human lung transplant in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery. As recalled in that account, the first lung transplant took place in the summer of 1963 in the context of another historical event, the assassination of Medgar Evers. This article is written in follow up to Dalton's report in hopes of providing more insight into the events surrounding the assassination. This review will discuss the details of the assassination, attempted resuscitation and the medical evidence presented in the trial of his assassin.
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