The Biology of Tissue Transplantation

Abstract

IF the common phenomenon of fertilization is excepted it can be said that the transplantation of living cells from one individual to another is not a natural event. Indeed, from time immemorial the junction of portions of separate individuals was considered the special province of supernatural forces or deities inspired by dreams of the remarkable qualities that might be expected in creatures having capabilities normally beyond the power of a single species. The preoccupation of the ancients with such dreams was certainly great so that the modern world has inherited not only the remains of legions of sphinxes and other . . .