Department Store Where Dr. DeBakey Found His Surgical Graft Fabric is Demolished

I was alerted via Twitter today that the Macy's department store, formerly Foley's, in Houston, Texas was demolished yesterday. The building has significance for the world of medicine. Foley's is where Michael DeBakey purchased a bit of Dacron fabric, which he fashioned into an arterial graft to repair an aortic aneurysm, an achievement which gave birth to the wide spectrum of medical devices we have today.
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