Joseph Murray
Joseph Murray
Joseph Edward Murraywas an American plastic surgeon who performed the first successful human kidney transplant on identical twins Richard and Ronald Herrick on December 23, 1954...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth1 April 1919
CountryUnited States of America
mind human-mind humans
You cannot stop the human mind from working.
patient operations
To the patient, any operation is momentous.
giants rooms realizing
One of my surgical giant friends had in his operating room a sign "If the operation is difficult, you aren't doing it right." What he meant was, you have to plan every operation You cannot ever be casual You have to realize that any operation is a potential fatality.
growing-up believe catholic
Is the Church inimical to science? Growing up as a Catholic and a scientist - I don't see it. One truth is revealed truth, the other is scientific truth. If you really believe that creation is good, there can be no harm in studying science. The more we learn about creation - the way it emerged - it just adds to the glory of God. Personally, I've never seen a conflict.
skins performing
I was performing skin grafts and became interested in why skin wouldn't graft permanently.
animal development joints
Animal experimentation has been essential to the development of all cardiac surgery, transplantation surgery, joint replacements and all vaccinations.
dedicating morning start work
Work is a prayer. And I start off every morning dedicating it to our Creator.
people
If you're going to worry about what people say, you're never going to make any progress.
best conditions doctor few heal time
It's the best time ever to be a doctor because you can heal and treat conditions that were untreatable even a few years ago.