The History of Organ and Cell Transplantation
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Author(s): N. S. Hakim and V. E. Papalois
Publisher: Imperial College Press
ISBN: 1860942091
Format: hardback
444pp
Price: £58.00
Review Date: 29 May 2003
Review: Here a series of authors trace the history of the field of transplantation from the growing interest in immunology and genetics as far back as 1901, through the first liver transplant in the 1963, the first kidney transplant at Gronigen University Hospital in 1966, Christian Barnard’s famous first heart transplantation in 1967, the first bone marrow transplantation in 1968, and the first arm transplantation in 1998. Each chapter is written by an author who is intimately connected with a specialist fields of transplantation: of the kidney, liver, pancreas, Islet, intestine, lung, heart, skin, and bone marrow. They narrate the histories in detail and look at the large range of issues associated with transplantation: the physiology of the organs and the immunology and immuno-suppressive drugs needed, as well as the ethical issues.