Book Biopsy: Spare Parts - The Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery (with Author Paul Craddock)
12/22/22 • 66 min
Our guest this week is author Paul Craddock, here to share his new book with us.
Spare Parts is his first published work and is an excellent read into the history of one of the most complicated frontiers in medicine, transplant surgery. Stretching back to the 16th century and arriving into the present day, we'll go over some of the discoveries that led to the ability to transplant organs in the modern age. We know you'll enjoy this interview and highly recommend reading this book for yourselves. Paul's exceptional storytelling is apparent in our interview and his wit is well suited to his subject material.
Paul is an Honorary Senior Research Associate in the Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences at University College London. His PhD centered on the history of transplant medicine.
Click HERE to get Paul's book and support our guest!
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Our guest this week is author Paul Craddock, here to share his new book with us.
Spare Parts is his first published work and is an excellent read into the history of one of the most complicated frontiers in medicine, transplant surgery. Stretching back to the 16th century and arriving into the present day, we'll go over some of the discoveries that led to the ability to transplant organs in the modern age. We know you'll enjoy this interview and highly recommend reading this book for yourselves. Paul's exceptional storytelling is apparent in our interview and his wit is well suited to his subject material.
Paul is an Honorary Senior Research Associate in the Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences at University College London. His PhD centered on the history of transplant medicine.
Click HERE to get Paul's book and support our guest!
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Previous Episode
Smallpox Part Two: Scourge in the Americas, Edward Jenner and Vaccination
Addendum: There were some errors in the original audio file caught by early listeners. These were corrected but early downloaders may have the old version. Apologies for that.
This week we bring you part two of our deep dive into the history of smallpox and the discovery of vaccination. We'll talk about smallpox in the Americas and the unimaginable devastation wrought upon the native peoples of the two continents. Then we'll talk about how this awful disease came to its end thanks to the discovery of vaccination, courtesy of Dr. Edward Jenner and the appreciation for the stalwart immune systems of milkmaids as the first key to winning against the viral foe that had plagued civilization for probably the entirety of recorded history.
We are joined again by James Wilke, former artist in residency at the International Museum of Surgical Science whose research centered on smallpox. His exhibit, Pox Americana: How Smallpox Once Plagued America and The World was extended beyond its original dates to run from July and having just recently ended this past November. James is an artist of many talents. In addition to his work as a medical historian, he is an artist-author, playwright, Emmy award winning director, producer, singer/songwriter and, most recently again is the creator of this week's episode and fantastic introductory "Christmas at Mount Vernon" skit-- think Night Before Xmas except with more smallpox than the original--and the later Blossom 2.0 Vaccine Supreme skit as well.
We hope you enjoy the final episode in our smallpox deep dive for now. See links below to follow James' work.
Guest Links:
Museum website: https://imss.org/james-r-wilke/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james.r.wilke/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087887634437
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Next Episode
The Epic Surgical Quackery of "Dr." Goat Balls (aka "Dr." John Brinkley)
Thanks to a listener suggestion we have this week's masterpiece. In this week's episode we'll talk about "Dr." John Brinkley who's affection for transplanting goat balls would be impressive if he weren't a charlatan. Could you imagine building a career of lies on something like this? No? Well, you're a better person than this guy. We bring you the story of the rise and fall of Dr. Goat Balls. Our exceedingly qualified co-host, Dr. Mike, will take the helm for this one so we're in for a ride.
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