Title Blood And Guts: A History Of Surgery: Spare Parts - Ep 3 Of 5 / Director: Liptrot, Hannah

Published Australia : SBS ONE, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 min. 49 sec.) ; 313638038 bytes Summary A neo-nazi obsessed with the perfect stitch, organs from prisoners, patients bombarded with radiation, chance discoveries involving bottles of good quality olive oil - this is the story of transplant surgery. At first, transplant surgery seemed a craze, a one-off experiment. But pursuing fame, prestige and worldwide acclaim, surgeons took increasingly extraordinary risks. What lay ahead of them was a battle to tame the world's most sophisticated fighting machine - the body's immune system. (From the UK, in English) (Documentary Series) (Part 3 of 5) M (A,L) CC WS Event Broadcast 2010-04-06 at 20:30:00 Notes Classification: M Subject Donation of organs, tissues, etc. Embroidery. Heart -- Transplantation. Immune system -- Effect of drugs on. Kidneys -- Transplantation. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Psychological aspects. Massachusetts -- Boston. United States. Form Streaming video Author Beauchamp, Neil, cast Boinay, Eve-Marie, contributor Breidenbach, Warren, contributor Calne, Roy, contributor Liptrot, Hannah, director Mosley, Michael, host Murray, Joseph, contributor Phillips, James, cast Savage, David, contributor Savage, Karen, contributor

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