Compelling Christopher Hart The Sunday TimesA fascinating book Daily MailWe think of transplant surgery as one of the medical wonders of the modern world but its a lot older than you think. As ancient as the pyramids its history is even more surprising. In Spare Parts cultural historian Paul Craddock takes us on a fascinating journey and unearths incredible untold stories from Indian surgeons regrafting lost noses in the sixth century BC to the seventeenth century architect who helped pioneer blood transfusions to the French seamstress whose needlework paved the way for kidney transplants in the early 1900s.Expertly weaving together philosophy science and cultural history Spare Parts explores how transplant surgery has constantly tested the boundaries between human animal and machine.