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Organ transplantation in fiction. Organ transplantation is a common theme in science fiction and horror fiction. Numerous horror movies feature the theme of transplanted body parts that are evil or give supernatural powers, with examples including Body Parts, Hands of a Stranger, and The Eye . Organ transplants from donors who are unwilling, or ...
Feb 12, 2017 · On 17 June 1950, Richard Lawler (1896–1982), a surgeon at the Mary Hospital in Chicago, performed the first successful transplant of an organ – a kidney – from a dead donor. The patient was 49 years old, the same age as the donor, and survived around five years after the operation.
Rewinding Frankenstein and the body-machine: organ transplantation in the dystopian young adult fiction series Unwind | Medical Humanities. Home. Archive. Volume 42, Issue 4. Email alerts. PDF. Electronic pages - Science fiction and medical humanities. Original article.
- Anita Wohlmann, Ruth Steinberg
- 2016
This book brings together a diverse set of cultural representations to understand how organ exchange becomes possible and examines what concepts have emerged allowing us to overcome the profound ideological violations represented by transplantation.
Jul 28, 2016 · This article explores the science fiction of organ transplantation, as mapped against scientific and medicolegal developments in actual organ transplantation. Explored through the lens of Adorno’s work on cultural criticism, it is argued that science fiction serves as a tool with which we address (and critique) the ethical boundaries (and ...
Organ transplantation in fiction explained. Organ transplantation is a common theme in science fiction and horror fiction. Numerous horror movies feature the theme of transplanted body parts that are evil or give supernatural powers, with examples including Body Parts, Hands of a Stranger, and The Eye.
