Richard Herrick
Recipient of the 1954 twin kidney transplant
- Dates
- No dates given in the film's sources
- Chapters
- X. Without the Knife
What the film says
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Dying of kidney failure in December 1954, he received a kidney from his identical twin, which worked for years.
On the timeline
- 23 December 1954: At the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Harrison removes Ronald Herrick's kidney and Murray transplants it into his identical twin Richard. timeline
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia: Joseph Murray Secondary
- Wikipedia: Kidney transplantation Secondary
- Murray, Nobel lecture, 8 December 1990 Primary