Stories
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The tale of the toxic kidneys
In 1954 a serendipitous coming together of skills and circumstances allowed the first successful organ transplant to take place. Read how Richard Herrick’s life was prolonged by his identical twin’s generosity.
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The case of the cancerous stomach
Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.
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We who can’t believe
Unless she falls to the floor unconscious, Anne Boyer has always ignored signs of illness. Cancer, however, made her face her fallibility.
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Healing hearts and saving lives
Cardiology is a prestigious specialism, known for its life-saving, heroic staff. But a doctor’s training eventually reveals other, less obvious ways to save lives.
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New management of apparently uncontrollable hemorrhage from the kidney during nephrotomy / Geo. I. Miller.
Miller, George I.Date: 1907- Books
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Notes on the surgery of the kidney / by Reginald Harrison.
Harrison, Reginald, 1837-1908.Date: 1889- Books
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Studies upon injuries of the kidney, nephrolithotomy and nephrorraphy / by Aug. Schachner.
Schachner, August, 1865-1941.Date: [1892]- Books
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Conservative operative treatment of sacculated kidney : cystonephrosis / by Christian Fenger.
Fenger, Christian, 1840-1902.Date: 1896- Books
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The treatment of traumatic lesions of the kidney : with tables of 155 cases / by William Williams Keen.
Keen, William W. (William Williams), 1837-1932.Date: 1896