Schlich The Origins of Organ Transplantation

Surgery and Laboratory Science, 1880-1930
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-58046-767-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 18, 365 Seiten

Reihe: Rochester Studies in Medical History

A history of the little-known or forgotten academic origins of modern organ transplant surgery.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schlich, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Biomedizin, Medizinische Forschung, Klinische Studien
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie Transplantationschirurgie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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