History – on this day in 1954
“A kidney transplant between living patients was undertaken in 1952 at the Necker hospital in Paris by Jean Hamburger, although the kidney failed after three weeks.[12] The first truly successful transplant of this kind occurred in 1954 in Boston. The Boston transplantation, performed on 23 December 1954 at Brigham Hospital, was performed by Joseph Murray, J. Hartwell Harrison, John P. Merrill, and others. The procedure was done between identical twins Ronald (the donor) and Richard Herrick (the recipient), which reduced problems of an immune reaction. For this and later work, Murray received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1990. Richard Herrick’s death eight years after the transplant was unrelated to the transplant.”
Kidney transplantation ~ wikipedia
Today marks 2 months since Jeff’s transplant.
WOW ! Donors ( then ABD now ) ..we are profoundly humbled by your Gift Of Life !! C J B’s LM