From laughing gas to face transplants
Subtitle: discovering transplant surgery
By: John Farndon
Series: Chain reactions
Publisher: Heinemann Library; Raintree Paperbacks
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780431185972; 9780431186047
Subjects: Transplantation of organs, tissues; Juvenile literature; History
Description: This book explains the history and development of transplant surgery, from its beginnings in ancient India to the latest achievements in facial reconstruction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 62) and index.
Table of contents: title: Replacing body plants; title: Early transplants; title: Surgical skills; title: Transplant rejection; title: The first organ transplants; title: Beating the body's defences; title: Pancreas and liver; title: new hearts for old; title: hands-on; title: Face and head; title: Finding organs; title: Transplant surgery today and tomorrow; title: Timeline; title: Biographies.