What was the first successful organ transplant? | The Question

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PublishedMar 18, 2025
Duration1:30
Video IDup6e_j84zik
Languageen
CategoryEducation
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Made for KidsNo
Video TypeYouTube Short

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Views4K
Likes579
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Engagement Rate14.32%
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A team led by Harvard's Dr. Joseph Murray performed the first whole organ transplant on identical twins Richard and Ronald Herrick in Boston in 1954. Dominic Hall, Manager, Curation and Stewardship, Anatomy and Artifact Collections at Countway Library at the Harvard Medical School, tells the story behind the operation and how it changed the course of medical history.

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