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A DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE WEEK

''Spare Parts is a fascinating read filled with adventure, delight and surprise'' RAHUL JANDIAL, surgeon author of ''Life on a Knife''s Edge''

''This is a joyful romp through a fascinating slice of medical history'' WENDY MOORE, author of ''The Knife Man''
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How did an architect help pioneer blood transfusion in the 1660s?
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 c

Spare Parts A Surprising History of Transplants

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 8/26/2021
      ISBN-13 9780241370254
      978-0241370254
      ISBN-10 0241370256
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      Biography: science, technology and medicine

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE WEEK

      ''Spare Parts       is a fascinating read filled with adventure, delight and surprise'' RAHUL JANDIAL, surgeon author of ''Life on a Knife''s Edge''

      ''This is a joyful romp through a fascinating slice of medical history''       WENDY MOORE, author of ''The Knife Man''
      _______________________________________________________________

      How did an architect help pioneer blood transfusion in the 1660s?
      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 c

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