Origins of Organ Transplantation - Surgery and Laboratory Science, 1880-1930

A history of the little-known or forgotten academic origins of modern organ transplant surgery.

List of contents

An ancient dream of mankind?
What is special about organ transplantation?
Before organ replacement: A natural history approach to disease
The invention of organ transplantation
Organotherapy and organ replacement
Rise and decline of thyroid transplantation
The discovery of a new organ: the parathyroid gland
Laboratory and clinic: organ replacement for diabetes
The many uses of the adrenal gland
Reconstructing women: ovarian transplants
Rejuvenating men: testicle transplants
One principle, multiple applications: further organs
From special case to prototype: the kidney
Ethical problems with organ transplantation
Laboratory and clinic: the epistemic and social context
Methods of monitoring the success of transplants
Disillusionment: The clinical failure of organ transplantation
The strategy of technical perfection
A new direction: transplant immunology
Chance and necessity: a fresh start for organ transplantation

About the author

Thomas Schlich

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Schlich
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2013
• EAN: 9781580464581
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-458-1
• No. of pages: 365
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 225 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 526 g
• Series: Rochester Studies in Medical H; Rochester Studies in Medical H
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)