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The Graft: How a Pioneering Operation Sparked the Modern Age of Organ Transplants
Written by Edmund O. Lawler
Narrated by Edmund O. Lawler
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The first human organ transplant in 1950 at a suburban hospital is the focus of The Graft: How a Pioneering Operation Sparked the Modern Age of Organ Transplants. The book examines the controversies the operation generated and the progress medicine has made in organ transplantation.
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