Yes, it's the world's first artificial heart.
And do not look that looks like a product of the worlds steampunk.
In fact, surgeons Domingo Liotta and Denton Cooley put it in the chest Haskell Karp April 4, 1969 in Houston.
They removed it after 64 hours, when the donor heart waited.
Though it resembles the mask of the First World, in fact, looking at these pictures, you know that the heart - it's still just a pump ...
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via theatlantic.com
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