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C. Everett Koop with "Chickie", an orangutan at the Memphis Zoo

Publication:
Produced: January 1991
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No linguistic content
Format:
Still image
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Photographic prints
Abstract:
Koop operated on the orangutan one day after his birth in 1981. Zoo officials named the primate "Chickie" in honor of the surgeon, "Chick" Koop, who saved him.
Copyright:
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Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584930X381 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
QQBBXL
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X381
Archival Collection:
The C. Everett Koop Papers (Profiles in Science)