Overview

A history of the little-known or forgotten academic origins of modern organ transplant surgery. 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 helays 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 transplantmedicine 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 immunologicalexplanations 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. Thomas Schlichis Professor and Canada Research Chair in the History of Medicine at McGill University.

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Author:   Thomas Schlich (Customer)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   University of Rochester Press
Volume:   v. 18
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9781580464581

ISBN 10:   1580464580
Pages:   365
Publication Date:   15 April 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table 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

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Schlich highlights the 50 years preceding modern organ transplantation. This book...has historic interest referent to the biology discussed, demonstrating, for instance, that many ethical dilemmas are not the result of modern technology...This heavily annotated volume..should be a useful historical work for researchers generally. Recommended. --CHOICE

Schlich highlights the fifty years preceding modern organ transplantation. This book... has historic interest referent to the biology discussed, demonstrating, for instance, that many ethical dilemmas are not the result of modern technology... This heavily annotated volume..should be a useful historical work for researchers generally. Recommended. CHOICE

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