{"product_id":"book-f7pz","title":"Spare Parts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis program is read by the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Craddock's \u003ci\u003eSpare Parts\u003c\/i\u003e offers an original look at the history of medicine itself through the rich, compelling, and delightfully macabre story of transplant surgery from ancient times to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow did an architect help pioneer blood transfusion in the 1660's?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy did eighteenth-century dentists buy the live teeth of poor children?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd what role did a sausage skin and an enamel bath play in making kidney transplants a reality?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe think of transplant surgery as one of the medical wonders of the modern world. But transplant surgery is as ancient as the pyramids, with a history more surprising than we might expect. Paul Craddock takes us on a journey - from sixteenth-century skin grafting to contemporary stem cell transplants - uncovering stories of operations performed by unexpected people in unexpected places. Bringing together philosophy, science and cultural history, \u003ci\u003eSpare Parts\u003c\/i\u003e explores how transplant surgery constantly tested the boundaries between human, animal, and machine, and continues to do so today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWitty, entertaining, and at times delightfully macabre, \u003ci\u003eSpare Parts\u003c\/i\u003e shows us that the history - and future - of transplant surgery is tied up with questions about not only who we are, but also \u003ci\u003ewhat\u003c\/i\u003e we are, and what we might become.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49359141896496,"sku":"BDf7pz","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/278808-f7pz-Square.jpg?v=1734462908","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-f7pz","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}