A history of organ transplantation : ancient legends to modern practice / David Hamilton ; with a foreword by Clyde F. Barker and Thomas E. Starzl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamilton, David, 1939- author.

Barker, Clyde F., author of introduction, etc.

Starzl, Thomas E. (Thomas Earl), 1926- author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--History.

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (577 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A History of Organ Transplantation is a comprehensive and ambitious exploration of transplant surgery-which, surprisingly, is one of the longest continuous medical endeavors in history. Moreover, no other medical enterprise has had so many multiple interactions with other fields, including biology, ethics, law, government, and technology. Exploring the medical, scientific, and surgical events that led to modern transplant techniques, Hamilton argues that progress in successful transplantation required a unique combination of multiple methods, bold surgical empiricism, and major immunological insights in order for surgeons to develop an understanding of the body's most complex and mysterious mechanisms. Surgical progress was nonlinear, sometimes reverting and sometimes significantly advancing through luck, serendipity, or helpful accidents of nature.The first book of its kind, A History of Organ Transplantation examines the evolution of surgical tissue replacement from classical times to the medieval period to the present day. This well-executed volume will be useful to undergraduates, graduate students, scholars, surgeons, and the general public. Both Western and non-Western experiences as well as folk practices are included.

Contents:

Introduction: Toward the Impossible

Early Transplantation

The Eighteenth Century

The Reawakening

Clinical and Academic Transplantation in Paris

The Beginning of Organ Transplantation

The Lost Era of Transplantation Immunology

Anarchy in the 1920's

Progress in the 1930's

Understanding the Mechanism

Experimental Organ Transplantation

Transplantation Tolerance and Beyond

Hopes for Radiation Tolerance

The Emergence of Chemical Immunosuppression

Support from Hemodialysis and Immunology in the 1960's

Progress in the Mid-1960's

Brain Death and the "Year of the Heart"

The Plateau of the Early 1970's

The Arrival of Cyclosporine

Waiting for the Xenografts

Conclusion: Lessons from the History of Transplantation.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822977841

0822977842

OCLC:

878145942