David Hamilton is a retired surgeon and honorary senior lecturer at the Medical School of St. Andrews University, where he teaches medical history. He is the author of two previous books, The Monkey Gland Affair and The Healers: A History of Medicine in Scotland.
A comprehensive, authoritative history of a transformative field of
medicine. This history is well crafted and global in scope. . . .
scholars and historians of medicine will find Hamilton a thorough
guide to a complex subject.-- "Library Journal"
I have learnt a huge amount from this book, and it is humbling to
realise once again how privileged I am as a transplant surgeon to
be part of this legacy spanning several hundred years, giving new
meaning to the phrase 'standing on the shoulders of giants'.--
"Lorna Marson for Surgeons' News"
This beautiful history . . . gives a sense of the vivacity of
scientific experience, its errors and insights, and the way in
which cultural traits, individual lives, and technical knowledge
combine to create a field of clinical medicine. . . . Those who are
willing to read David Hamilton will find a well-written and
exciting history--physiology and medicine, and the lives of those
who pursue them, will seem more fascinating, and science more wild
and willful.-- "Times Literary Supplement"
What a superb book! Hamilton, a retired transplant surgeon . . . is
not content merely to list achievements in organ transplantation
from antiquity through the end of the 20th century. Instead, he has
written a wide-ranging, comprehensive evaluation of the
factors--including luck--that account for this intellectually
imposing specialty. This is probably the first history of the field
that will make it look complete and recognizable to practitioners.
Historians of medicine will admire the book for its critical use of
primary documents. Those who study immunology or hematology or
their histories will also profit greatly from it. . . a pleasure to
read. Hamilton is a master of style, and readers will not be
disappointed. No serious library should be without this book.
Summing up: Essential.-- "Choice"
Written for the average reader without ignoring scientific
detail.-- "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"
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