Medicine: happy 50th birthday, kidney transplants!
Dr. Joseph Murray performed the first kidney transplant at then-Brigham Hospital in Boston on Dec 23, 1954. NPR has a nice piece on the procedure. Richard Herrick lived 8 years after the procedure, amazingly. His twin brother, Ronald, is still alive.
The National Kidney Foundation also has a historical nice site.
1 comment:
1954? wow i didn't even know they had electricity back then. that's pretty cool.
michael
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