ROY CALNE - A Gift of Life. Observations on Organ Transplantation

Great Britain, MTP, 1970. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardback The surgical transplantation of human organs has been one of the most significant technological advances in the field of medical care in this century. What are the developments in medical science that led to this technique? What are the very problems of 'immunity suppression, rejection and tissue matching', which have become almost everyday terms in the communications media of the modern world but which are often widely misunderstood? What precisely are the chances of survival today for someone who has the gift of life bestowed on them by another person's heart, liver, kidney or lung? What will be the future of this major surgical advance? All of these problems - problems that every thinking person must at sometime have discussed are considered in this book. Professor Calne has deliberately written his book in such a way that it can be read and understood by both the general reader and the medical profession alike. Complex issues are not side-stepped but they are discussed clearly and objectively with the generous use, where necessary, of diagrams and of a comprehensive glossary. This book has been written in order to remove many of the misunderstandings and quite unfounded fears about organ transplantation that the glare of recent publicity has caused. It is the author's hope that it will lead to a better understanding of the real issues involved and, above all, that it will encourage a more helpful and charitable approach to the question of organ donation. Illustrations. Very slight shelf wear to bottom edge of cloth. Very slight shelf wear to edges and corners of D/J.