How did an architect help pioneer blood transfusion in the 1660s? Why did eighteenth-century dentists buy the live teeth of poor children? And what role did a sausage skin and an enamel bath play in making kidney transplants a reality?

In today's episode, I talked with Dr. Paul Craddock about the history of body transplants. We think of transplant surgery as one of the medical wonders of the modern world. But transplant surgery is as ancient as the pyramids, with a  history more surprising than we might expect.

Shortened Bio: Dr. Paul Craddock is a cultural historian and award-winning author  based in London. His debut book, Spare Parts: A Surprising History of  Transplants was a Daily Mail Book of the Week and won the Special  Commendation of the Royal Society of Literature Giles St Aubyn Awards.

Paul  is a Science Museum Group Senior Research Associate (SMGSRA), an  Honorary Senior Research Associate of UCL’s Division of Surgery, and a  Visiting Lecturer at Imperial College London.

He is represented by Jenny Hewson at Lutyens and Rubinstein Literary Agency.

Website - https://paulcraddock.com/

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