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A history of organ transplantation : ancient legends to modern practice
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- ISBN: 9780822944133
- ISBN: 0822944138
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xx, 556 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm - Publisher: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2012.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Toward the Impossible -- Early Transplantation -- The Eighteenth Century -- The Reawakening -- Clinical and Academic Transplantation in Paris -- The Beginning of Organ Transplantation -- The "Lost Era" of Transplantation Immunology -- Anarchy in the 1920s -- Progress in the 1930s -- Understanding the Mechanism -- Experimental Organ Transplantation -- Transplantation Tolerance and Beyond -- Hopes for Radiation Tolerance -- The Emergence of Chemical Immunosuppression -- Support from Hemodialysis and Immunology in the 1960s -- Progress in the Mid-1960s -- Brain Death and the "Year of the Heart" -- The Plateau of the Early 1970s -- The Arrival of Cyclosporine -- Waiting for the Xenografts -- Conclusion: Lessons from the History of Transplantation. |
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| Subject: | Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc History Organ Transplantation History |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | RD 120.6 .H36 2012 | 30775305505274 | General Collection | Available | - |
A History of Organ Transplantation : Ancient Legends to Modern Practice
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Table of Contents
A History of Organ Transplantation : Ancient Legends to Modern Practice
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Foreword Clyde F. Barker and Thomas E. Starzl | p. vii | |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi | |
| Introduction: Toward the Impossible | p. xiii | |
| 1 | Early Transplantation | p. 1 |
| 2 | The Eighteenth Century | p. 31 |
| 3 | The Reawakening | p. 49 |
| 4 | Clinical and Academic Transplantation in Paris | p. 65 |
| 5 | The Beginning of Organ Transplantation | p. 88 |
| 6 | The "Lost Era" of Transplantation Immunology | p. 105 |
| 7 | Anarchy in the 1920s | p. 126 |
| 8 | Progress in the 1930s | p. 154 |
| 9 | Understanding the Mechanism | p. 173 |
| 10 | Experimental Organ Transplantation | p. 195 |
| 11 | Transplantation Tolerance and Beyond | p. 221 |
| 12 | Hopes for Radiation Tolerance | p. 254 |
| 13 | The Emergence of Chemical Immunosuppression | p. 269 |
| 14 | Support from Hemodialysis and Immunology in the 1960s | p. 296 |
| 15 | Progress in the Mid-1960s | p. 314 |
| 16 | Brain Death and the "Year of the Heart" | p. 340 |
| 17 | The Plateau of the Early 1970s | p. 359 |
| 18 | The Arrival of Cyclosporine | p. 380 |
| 19 | Waiting for the Xenografts | p. 413 |
| Conclusion: Lessons from the History of Transplantation | p. 423 | |
| Notes | p. 431 | |
| Bibliographic Essay | p. 527 | |
| Index | p. 539 |
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