Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2293

ALEXIS CARREL (1873-1944) Transplantation in mass of the kidneys. (In Journal of experimental medicine. Vol. 10 (1908), pp. 98-140.) 25.4 cm.

The replacement of diseased organs with sound ones and the restoration of amputated limbs had long been prevented because the surgeon did not have a reliable technique for re-establishing circulation in the transplanted or restored part without the danger of hemorrhage or thrombosis. It was Carrel who perfected the anastomosis of blood vessels in 1902 and, in doing so, provided the method which would revolutionize vascular surgery and make it possible to transplant organs and restore amputated limbs. It was in this paper that Carrel first described the practical application of his research, giving reports of his transplantation of the kidneys from one animal to another and the results of his experimentation.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 4235