EAN: 9780241370261

SPARE PARTS - PAUL CRADDOCK KARTONIERT (TB)

'Compelling' Christopher Hart  The Sunday Times 'A fascinating book' Daily Mail
_______________________________________________________________ We think of transplant surgery
as one of the medical wonders of the modern world -- but it's a lot older than you think. As
ancient as the pyramids  its history is even more surprising. In Spare Parts  cultural
historian Paul Craddock takes us on a fascinating journey and unearths incredible untold
stories  from Indian surgeons regrafting lost noses in the sixth century BC  to the seventeenth
century architect who helped pioneer blood transfusions  to the French seamstress whose
needlework paved the way for kidney transplants in the early 1900s. Expertly weaving together
philosophy  science and cultural history  Spare Parts explores how transplant surgery has
constantly tested the boundaries between human  animal and machine. It shows us that the
history -- and future -- of transplant surgery is tied up with questions not only about who we
are  but also what we are  and what we might become.
_______________________________________________________________ 'By turns delightful and
disturbing . . . A thoroughly engrossing read that I couldn't put down' LINDSEY FITZHARRIS 
author of The Facemaker and The Butchering Art 'Spare Parts is a fascinating read filled with
adventure  delight and surprise' RAHUL JANDIAL  surgeon and 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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