A Journal of Medical Humanities

Arpan K. BanerjeeSolihull, UK In 1902, French surgeon Alexis Carrel described a technique for suturing blood vessels. In the 1930s, he developed a perfusion pump that laid the foundations for organ transplantation. In the 1950s, pioneering kidney transplants were carried out by Joseph Murray in Boston and others in the US. Liver transplants were pioneered by…