Phenomenon of Demikhov. In the Sklifosovsky Institute (1960–1986). V.P. Demikhov's Experimental Transplantation of Vital Organs is pacing about the planet (1962)

Abstract

The article describes and analyzes the circumstances related to the translation of V.P. Demikhov's book Experimental Transplantation of Vital Organs into English by Basil Haigh in 1962, its publication in the USA and an ambiguous response of foreign readers and surgeons to it. At that time, V.P. Demikhov continued actively preparing for human heart transplantation and declared that in the foreign press. He was granted a gratitude and a cash prize for completed research for the year of 1962 in the Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine. The results of the preparatory work were summarized. The fact of V.P. Demikhov's readiness to perform heart transplantation on clinic was stated, including that one to harvesting and revitalizing a cadaveric organ, but there were no permission to transplant it to a human.