Russell Claude Brock
(1903-1980)

Died aged c. 77

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Russell Claude Brock, Baron Brock (1903-1980) Thoracic Surgeon. With a team of Guy's Doctors, Nurses and MRC Physiologists, Brock pioneered modern open heart surgery 1947-1956. He proved that the heart was amenable to operation

Guy's Colonnade, Guy's Hospital, Collingwood Street, Southwark, London, United Kingdom where they worked