In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Paul Craddock about the history of transplant surgery. They discuss the overarching movement of transplant surgery, skin grafting, and blood transfusions. They also talk about the long history of teeth and their various surgeries through time. They talk about vascular surgery, first organ transplants, advances in medical technology and future transplants, and many more topics.
Paul Craddock is a cultural historian and award-winning author. He is a Science Museum Group Senior Research Associate, Honorary Senior Research Associate of UCL’s Division of Surgery, and Visiting Lecturer at Imperial College London. He is the author of Spare Parts: A Surprising History of Transplants. You can find him at his website. Twitter: @pwcraddock1984
#203 - A History of Transplant Surgery: A Dialogue with Paul Craddock