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The semi-artificial man : a dawning revolution in medicine
- Title
- The semi-artificial man : a dawning revolution in medicine / Harold M. Schmeck, Jr.
- Author
- Schmeck, Harold M., Jr. (Harold Marshall), 1923-2013
- Publication
- New York : Walker and Company, [©1965]
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Details
- Description
- x, 224 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- It is the purpose of this book to give the reader a glimpse of certain fields of medical research that seem both exciting at present and portentous for the future. The chapters that follow pursue two central subjects: the transplantation of organs from one individual to another and the development of artificial substitutes for functioning parts of the human body. - Preface.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Popular Work
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Introduction / Blair O. Rogers -- Preface -- The regular customer -- The marvelous filter -- The people who decide -- The pump that is life -- The semi-artificial man -- The great barrier -- Gift from a twin -- Gift from another kingdom -- Let's just take it out and fix it -- Who is to live? Who is to die? -- Appendix : Ethical problems of using artificial organs to sustain human life / Belding H. Scribner.
- LCCN
- 65012763
- OCLC
- ocm00630250
- 630250
- SCSB-192119
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library