The Origins of Organ Transplantation: Surgery and Laboratory

The Origins of Organ Transplantation: Surgery and Laboratory Science, 1880-1930 (Rochester Studies in Medical History) (Volume 18)
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This book investigates a crucial -- but forgotten -- episode in the history of medicine. In it, Thomas Schlich systematically documents and analyzes the earliest clinical and experimental organ transplant surgeries. In so doing he lays open the historical origins of modern transplantation, offering a new and original analysis of its conceptual basis within a broader historical context.
This first comprehensive account of the birth of modern transplant medicine examines how doctors and scientists between 1880 and 1930 developed the technology and rationale for performing surgical organ replacement within the epistemological and social context of experimental university medicine. The clinical application of organ replacement, however, met with formidable obstacles even as the procedure became more widely recognized. Schlich highlights various attempts to overcome these obstacles, including immunological explanations and new technologies of immune suppression, and documents the changes in surgical technique and research standards that led to the temporary abandonment of organ transplantation by the 1930s.
Country USA
Brand University of Rochester Press
Manufacturer BOYE6
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781580464581
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	University of Rochester Press
Manufacturer	BOYE6
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781580464581
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Origins of Organ Transplantation: Surgery and Laboratory Science, 1880-1930 (Rochester Studies in Medical History) (Volume 18)