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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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Decapsulation of the kidneys for chronic Bright's disease : with a report of the results, immediate and remote, obtained in 102 cases thus treated / by George M. Edebohls.
Edebohls, George M. (George Michael), 1853-1908.Date: 1909- Books
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The value of phenolsulphonethalein in estimating the functional efficiency of the kidneys / by Charles Goodman and Leo Kristeller.
Goodman, Charles.Date: 1911- 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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New management of apparently uncontrollable hemorrhage from the kidney during nephrotomy / Geo. I. Miller.
Miller, George I.Date: 1907- Books
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On the origin and progress of renal surgery : with special reference to stone in the kidney and ureter and to the surgical treatment of calculous anuria being the Hunterian lectures for 1898 together with a critical examination of subparietal injuries of the ureter / by Henry Morris.
Date: 1898