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Although we consider transplant surgery to be one of the wonders of contemporary medicine, it actually has a much longer history. Its history is even more unexpected given that it is as old as the pyramids. In Spare Parts, cultural historian Paul Craddock takes us on an amazing journey and unearths amazing untold tales, from Indian surgeons reconstructing lost noses in the sixth century BC to the architect who helped develop blood transfusions in the seventeenth century to the French seamstress whose needlework opened the door for kidney transplants in the early 1900s. Spare Parts investigates how transplant surgery has continuously pushed the boundaries between human, animal, and machine by deftly fusing philosophy, science, and cultural history. It demonstrates how concerns about who we are, what we are, and what we might become are intertwined with the history and future of transplant surgery.
Author | Paul Craddock |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Language | English |
Binding Type | Paper Back |
Non Fiction | Science & Technology |
ISBN13 | 9780241370261 |
SKU | BK 0132843 |
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