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The history of transplants had many false starts

21 August 2021

9:00 AM

21 August 2021

9:00 AM

Spare Parts: A Surprising History of Transplants Paul Craddock

Penguin, pp.320, 18.99

On watching transplant surgery, I can give prosaic but essential advice: have a good breakfast. Each operation can last 12 hours, and you’re unlikely to get a seat. Relocating a liver that was recently inside someone else is a feat of preparation, choreography and collaboration (with the patient too, who must agree to alcoholic abstinence).

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