[Allotransplantation, literature and movie].
Writers and movie makers have always dreamed of creating a human being, changing completely a face or giving new hands. The legend of Saint Come and Saint Damien is the first example of miraculous allotransplantation. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is considered as founder work of modern science fiction. In the 19th and 20th century, authors used the advances in medicine to imagine diabolic practitioners or brilliant surgeons to transplant entire faces or hands. Cinema uses special effects to show spectacular operations. The author presents examples of books and movies treating directly or indirectly with composite allotransplantations.
Glicenstein
J
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jglicenstein@free.fr
D006801:Humans; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D009040:Motion Pictures; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous