Birth Name:

Horace Smithy

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, Jul 19, 1914

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Age:

109

Zodiac Sign:

Cancer

Astrology Data:

Sun

26°

Can

9'

About Horace Smithy

Horace Gilbert Smithy Jr. (July 19, 1914 – October 28, 1948) was an American cardiac surgeon who in 1948 performed the first successful mitral valve repair (mitral valvulotomy) since the 1920s. Smithy's work was complicated because it predated heart-lung machines or open heart surgery. Though his procedure did not become a definitive treatment for valvular heart disease, he introduced the technique of injecting novocaine into the heart to avoid arrhythmias during surgery, and he showed that it was feasible to access and operate on the heart's valves.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Horace Smithy: Sun 26 Cancer, Moon 15 Gemini, Mercury 21 Cancer, Venus 4 Virgo, Mars 13 Virgo, Jupiter 20 Aquarius, Saturn 26 Gemini, Uranus 10 Aquarius, Neptune 27 Cancer, Pluto 1 Cancer, Mercury Quincunx Jupiter, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Mercury Conjunct Neptune, Sun Semi Square Mars, Sun Semi Sextile Saturn, Sun Conjunct Neptune, Mercury Semi Square Venus, Venus Sextile Pluto, Mars Semi Square Neptune, Saturn Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Saturn Semi Sextile Neptune, Saturn Conjunct Pluto

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