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By Sara J. Shumway and Norman E. Shumway. 481 pp., illustrated. Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Science, 1995. $125. ISBN 0-86542-285-0.

In a figurative as well as a literal sense, transplantation of the heart is an idea that has long kindled the imagination of Eastern and Western societies alike. Lieh Tzu, the ancient Chinese historian, reported that approximately 100 years after Ezekiel wrote, "And I will replace your heart of stone with a heart of flesh" (Ezekiel 36:26), the eminent physician, Pien Ch'iao, performed an exchange of hearts between two persons to restore the equilibrium of their unbalanced yin and yang energies and used a mixture of traditional medications to ensure the operation's success. The foundations of modern cardiac transplantation were . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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