Stories
- Article
Why are women more willing donors than men?
Why is there a gender imbalance when it comes to the donation of organs, blood and tissue, and what can be done about it?
- Article
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.
- Article
The girl with no name
When a now anonymous teenager sold her tooth for transplant, she couldn’t have predicted that she’d end up at the heart of a troubling story about 18th-century beauty ideals.
- Article
A head apart from the body
We look to the future of science via science fiction to explore how a head may live apart from its body.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Transplants
Date: 1967-1992Reference: GC/238/8/1Part of: Ross, Sir (James) Keith- Books
Transplants.
Date: [2003], ©2003- Archives and manuscripts
Transplants
Date: 1967-1992Reference: GC/238/8Part of: Ross, Sir (James) Keith- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Transplants
Date: 1965-1994Reference: PP/MHP/D.1Part of: Pappworth, Maurice- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Transplants and Brain death
Date: 1968-1994Reference: PP/MHP/D.2Part of: Pappworth, Maurice