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10 results found for '"Organs"' in Keywords.
Pub customers on background music affecting beer taste (1977)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Unidentified female reporter putting to the test with male customers the results of an experiment which concluded that beer tastes more watery or nauseating when raucous background music is played in pubs....
Compulsory organ donation (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male politician on the possibility of making organ donation compulsory. He argues that persuasion has failed, and claims that Secretary of State for Social Services, David Ennals is supporting...
Alexandra Palace fire - Organ damaged (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Music critic and historian Felix Aprahamian on the Victorian organ that was damaged by the fire at Alexandra Palace in north London on 10/07/80. Female interviewer not identified.
John Dwan on experimental artificial heart (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Utah Medical Center spokesman John Dwan on a new artificial heart being used in experimental surgery. Female interviewer not identified.
Artificial heart transplant (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (from Utah Medical Center) explains the procedure of transplanting an artificial heart into one of the hospital’s patients. Female interviewer not identified.
Totally artificial heart transplanted (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male surgeon on the first totally artificial heart transplant operation. Speaker and interviewer look at one of the hearts and the surgeon explains how it works; he also describes the present...
First artificial heart transplantation (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
The wife of Raymond Cooke, the first recipient of a totally artificial heart, talks about the decision to have the operation, its success, and her feelings. Male interviewer not identified.
Organ trade to be illegal (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
The government is to make it a criminal offence to trade in human organs following some recent cases in the UK. Health Minister Roger Freeman outlines the new legislation he announced this morning....
Animal organs will be used for humans (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Jeff Collins reports on the prospect of people needing transplants being given organs from animals. Scientists in Cambridge have discovered a genetic modification technique which will allow them to use pigs...
Death of artificial heart recipient (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
A south-west London man believed to be the first in the world to receive a permanent artificial heart has died in hospital. 64 year-old Abel Goodman was given the battery-powered pump last October to...