Banking on the Body
In 2008 Connie Culp became the fi rst American woman to undergo a face transplant, receiving the mouth, nose, and cheeks of a dead woman. Th e victim of a shotgun blast fi red by her husband, Culp had been severely disfi gured, missing both her nose and the roof of her mouth. After the surgery, she...
| Main Author: | Kara W. Swanson |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Bahasa Inggris |
| Published: |
Harvard University Press
2014
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| Online Access: |
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| Summary: |
In 2008 Connie Culp became the fi rst American woman to undergo a face
transplant, receiving the mouth, nose, and cheeks of a dead woman. Th e
victim of a shotgun blast fi red by her husband, Culp had been severely disfi
gured, missing both her nose and the roof of her mouth. After the surgery,
she could talk, smile, and smell again, in a dramatic transformation of both
her appearance and her quality of life. Her transplant, and earlier face
transplants performed in France and China, transformed not only the recipients
but all human faces. What the ancient Romans knew as “the refl
ection of the soul,†the face is now a body product that can be harvested
from one body for use by another. |
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| ISBN: |
e book 613 |