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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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QuoteOct 25, 2025

Thomas Starzl

The third and most controversial technique was called "cross circulation." In this procedure, Lillehei tapped the circulation from the large vessels of a healthy partner whose normal heart was strong enough to be put "on loan" to support the circulation needs…

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QuoteOct 25, 2025

Thomas Starzl

The mortality from the failed early trials and that which occurred later did not mean that liver transplantation was causing deaths. These patients were under a death sentence already because of the diseases that had brought them to us. Even now, I continue t…

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ReviewOct 25, 2025

The Puzzle People is the most emotionally accurate surgical novel

To this date this is one of my favorite books that I've read. Everything in the book is so accurate to surgery, including the years of research, divorce for a semi-narcissistic higher calling, the painful deaths, the embarrassing sentimentality thinking about…

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ListOct 25, 2025

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Transplant surgery

Thomas Starzl

Thomas Starzl

The Puzzle People is the most emotionally accurate surgical novel

Books to read between surgery cases