Give and take: The development of tissue transplantation
by Moore, Francis D
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Moore, Francis D. (1913-2001). Give and take: The development of tissue transplantation. xi, 182pp. Text illustrations. Philadelphia & London: W. B. Saunders, 1964. 236 x 156 mm. Original cloth, slightly spotted. Very good. Presentation Copy, inscribed to surgeon Gunther P. Nagel (1928-2009): "For Gunther Nagel Greetings to Santa Barbara from O.C. [i.e., Oklahoma City] Francis D. Moore 3.27.65." Autograph letter signed to Nagel from his brother Carl dated Mar. 29, 1965, referencing this inscribed copy, laid in, together with mimeographed 1-sheet agenda of Moore's visit to the Oklahoma State Medical Center in March 1965.
First Edition. Moore, one of the twentieth century's most brilliant surgeon-scientists, helped develop techniques leading to the first successful organ transplants in the early 1960s. His book is "a progress report on one small but rapidly evolving aspect of the new biology: the transplantation of healthy organs into sick people who need them in order to live" (p. v). Garrison-Morton.com 8719.
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- Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (US)
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- Title
- Give and take: The development of tissue transplantation
- Author
- Moore, Francis D
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- Used
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- Publisher
- W. B. Saunders
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1964
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