The Origins of Organ Transplantation : Surgery and Laboratory Science, 1880-1930 /: Surgery and Laboratory Science, 1880-1930. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas Schlich.
• Authors: Schlich, Thomas
• 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
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Rochester : University of Rochester Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (365 pages)
• Subjects: MEDICAL / Surgery / Transplant; MEDICAL / Research; Transplant surgery
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781580467674; 1580467679
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.