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Tell me about the historical context of Christiaan Barnard.
Following the first successful kidney transplant in 1953, in the United States, Christiaan Barnard performed the second kidney transplant in South Africa in October 1967.
Were the following transplants by Christian Barnard mostly successful?
Christian Barnard had experimentally transplanted forty-eight hearts into dogs and no dogs which had survived lasted longer than ten days.
Were the transplants on dogs by Christian Barnard controversial?
Christian Barnard had experimentally transplanted forty-eight hearts into dogs and no dogs which had survived lasted longer than ten days.
Are there any other interesting aspects about Christiaan Barnard?
Christiaan Barnard's second transplant operation was conducted on 2 January 1968.
Was Christiaan Barnard's second transplant successful?
Christiaan Barnard's second transplant patient Philip Blaiberg, lived for a year and a half and was able to go home from the hospital.
Have there been any other similar transplants or surgeries after Christiaan Barnard's transplants?
Between December 1967 and November 1974 at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, ten heart transplants were performed by Christian Barnard, as well as a heart and lung transplant in 1971.

Question: Was Barnard's kidney transplant successful?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Christiaan Barnard's kidney transplant successful?