Word: murrayism
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After several years of animal experimentation,Murray performed the first successful kidneytransplant from one identical twin to another onDecember 23, 1954. He then performed a string ofsuccessful transplantations over the next severalyears, leading up to transplants of kidneys fromunrelated cadavers or living relatives...
After establishing a standard procedure inkidney transplantation, Murray redirected hisattention in 1969 to his original interest--skintransplants and reconstructive surgery...
...particular, Murray did much to help childrenwho had congenital birth defects or head and neckcancers...
...think very much that we have an obligationto repay society, and this is how we do it,"Murray says...
...Murray was born in April, 1919, in Milford,Mass., and graduated from the College of the HolyCross in Worcester in 1940 before attendingHarvard Medical School. In his long career inmedicine, he has served as the president of theAmerican Association of Plastic Surgeons andregent of the American College of Surgeons...