When Healing Requires Replacement
On December 23, 1954, Dr. Joseph Murray stood over twenty-three-year-old Richard Herrick in an operating room at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston and attempted...
This is a contemporary on sacrifice and new life, drawing on Ezekiel 36:26.
On December 23, 1954, Dr. Joseph Murray stood over twenty-three-year-old Richard Herrick in an operating room at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston and attempted what no surgeon had ever accomplished. Richard's kidneys were failing. His body was slowly poisoning itself from within. Dialysis could buy hours, but every physician who examined him understood the same grim reality: his damaged kidneys could not be repaired.…
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