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ListApr 13, 2026

Transplant surgery

Th subject is the title. The above figure shows The Miracle of the Black Leg, a medieval transplant where Saints Cosmas and Damian replaced a verger's diseased leg with one from a deceased Ethiopian man.

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Cardiac surgery

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QuoteNov 1, 2025

Donald McRae

DeBakey was the star; and yet he was troubled by his protege. Denton Cooley was a conjurer at the table, a man with hands that moved so quickly and smoothly it seemed as if he opened and closed his patients with a kind of alchemy. Cooley was everything DeBake…

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ReviewNov 1, 2025

The greed and glory of surgeons

The most interesting part here isn't necessarily the technical challenges although there are many, but the egos and personalities that dominate the space and the way they interact. You can almost see into the minds of these surgeons striving for glory, and th…

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