1902 ULLMANN, Emerich (1861 – 1937)

Experimentelle Nierentransplantation. Vorlaüfige Mittheilung.

Successful autotransplantation of kidneys in dogs.

GMN 4229.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5062

1908 CARREL, Alexis (1873 – 1944)

Transplantation in mass of the kidneys.

Carrel revolutionized vascular surgery. He transplanted the kidney from one animal to another, an operation later carried out successfully in man. For his earlier work on vascular anastomosis and transplantation of vi…

GMN 4235 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5089

1937 HOUSSAY, Bernardo Alberto (1887 – 1971); FASCIOLO, Juan Carlos (1911 – )

Secreción hipertensora del rinón isquemiado.

Houssay and Fasciolo transplanted an ischemic kidney into an animal from which both kidneys had been removed. Hypertension resulted after establishment of circulation, supporting the view that hypertension is due to a…

GMN 2721 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4450

1950 LAWLER, Richard H. (1895 – 1982); ET AL

Homotransplantation of the kidney in human; preliminary report.

Report of first human patient to survive a kidney transplant. The operation was on June 17, 1950, and the patient was discharged on August 26. With four co-authors. See No. 4257.

GMN 4256.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5174

1955 HUME, David Milford (1917 – 1973); MERRILL, John Putnam (1917 – 1986); THORN, George Widmer (1906 – 2004); ET AL

Experiences with renal homotransplantation in the human. Report of nine cases.

With Benjamin F. Miller. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.

GMN 4256.3 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5194

1956 MERRILL, John Putnam (1917 – 1986); MURRAY, Joseph Edward (1919 – 2012); HARRISON, John Hartwell (1909 – 1983); ET AL

Successful homotransplantation of the human kidney between identical twins.

This was the first successful kidney transplant. The patient, both of whose own kidneys had been removed, was alive 11 months after the transplant. With Warren R. Guild. See No. 4256.1. In 1990 Joseph Murray shared th…

GMN 4257 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5197

1974 SWAZEY, Judith P. (1939 – ); FOX, Renée Claire (1928 – )

The courage to fail: A social view of organ transplants and dialysis.

Includes chapters on the heart transplantation moratorium and the artificial heart.

GMN 12343 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14567