Spare Parts: The Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery

Paul Craddock's Spare Parts offers an original look at the history of medicine itself through the rich,...
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Author: Paul Craddock
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Spare Parts: The Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery by Craddock, Paul

Spare Parts: The Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery

CHF 39.79

Spare Parts: The Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery

CHF 39.79
Author: Paul Craddock
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Paul Craddock's Spare Parts offers an original look at the history of medicine itself through the rich, compelling, and delightfully macabre story of transplant surgery from ancient times to the present day.

How did an architect help pioneer blood transfusion in the 1660's?
Why did eighteenth-century dentists buy the live teeth of poor children?
And what role did a sausage skin and an enamel bath play in making kidney transplants a reality?

We think of transplant surgery as one of the medical wonders of the modern world. But transplant surgery is as ancient as the pyramids, with a history more surprising than we might expect. Paul Craddock takes us on a journey - from sixteenth-century skin grafting to contemporary stem cell transplants - uncovering stories of operations performed by unexpected people in unexpected places. Bringing together philosophy, science and cultural history, Spare Parts explores how transplant surgery constantly tested the boundaries between human, animal, and machine, and continues to do so today.

Witty, entertaining, and illuminating, Spare Parts shows us that the history - and future - of transplant surgery is tied up with questions about not only who we are, but also what we are, and what we might become.

Author: Paul Craddock
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 05/10/2022
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.49h x 6.53w x 1.12d
ISBN: 9781250280329


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 03/15/2022 pg. 34
Library Journal 03/11/2022 pg. 1
Publishers Weekly 05/02/2022

About the Author
Craddock, Paul: - PAUL CRADDOCK is Honorary Senior Research Associate in the Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences at UCL Medical School in London. His PhD explored how transplants have for centuries invited reflection on human identity, a subject on which he has also lectured internationally. Spare Parts is his first book.

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