Spare Parts: the Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery
Spare Parts by Paul Craddock
9781250280329
316 Pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Release Date: May 10, 2022
Nonfiction, Health, Transplants, Organ Transplants, Historical, Reference
The book is divided into the following chapters:
Chapter 1: Skin (1550 – 1597)
Chapter 2: Blood, Animals to Animals (1624 – 1665)
Chapter 3: Blood, Animals to Humans (1666 – 1670)
Chapter 4: Teeth (1685 – 1803)
Chapter 5: Organs, Kidney (1901 – 1954)
Chapter 6: Organs, Heart (1967 –)
Chapter 7: Transplant Future
This book was very informative. I was unaware of the history of transplants especially teeth. Each chapter provides information on the scientist, doctor, and/or surgeon responsible for the discovery.
I was surprised to learn about Charles Lindbergh’s contribution on the organ pump. I knew about his involvement with Nazism but not that he was an honored guest of Hermann Goring. I was stunned to read about Alexis Carrel’s his book Man, the Unknown in which he comments about eugenics and mankind. He suggests killing the weak and keeping the best as done with dog breeding. If he felt that way, why did he invent a device to save patients’ lives with organ transplants. This is an excellent reference for anyone interested in the history of organ transplants.
