Jürgen Thorwald "The Patients"

Author: Jurgen Thorwald Genre: Nonfiction First edition: 1971 Medical topic: history of medicine Description: Another work by the renowned German writer and historian, whose protagonists are people who have contributed to medicine no less than doctors themselves. These are patients who were the first to receive an artificial heart valve, a kidney transplant, or a heart transplant. The author tells the story of people who suffered terribly from incurable diseases from their own perspective, as well as that of their families and doctors. This is, of course, an attempt to reconstruct the events surrounding these pioneering procedures based on authentic materials obtained by the author, which very effectively captures the atmosphere of drama, hope, and uncertainty that permeated the lives of those involved. If you want to understand the price of the progress that has been made and continues to be made in the field of saving human lives, I invite you to read this book.