Francis Daniels Moore

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Francis Daniels Moore
Born	1913^[1] Evanston, Illinois, U.S.^[1]
Died	2001-11-24^[1]
Fields	Surgery^[1]
Institutions	Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School^[1]
Alma mater	Harvard College^[1]

Francis Daniels Moore was an American surgeon who was a pioneer in numerous experimental surgical treatments. Among his many achievements, he refined burn-treatment techniques, helped perform the world's first successful organ transplant (which involved a kidney), and accurately determined the volume of water and other nutrients in the human body using radioactive isotopes of those substances.

[edit] Further reading

Moore, Francis Daniels (1995). A miracle and a privilege: recounting a half century of surgical advance. Joseph Henry Press.
Gawande, Atul A.. "Desperate measures", The New Yorker, 2003-05-05, p. 70. Retrieved on 2007-08-05. (partial archive)
- Reprinted: (2004-10-14) "10. Desperate measures", in Steven Pinker, Tim Folger: The best American science and nature writing2004, The best American series. Houghton Mifflin Company, pp. 77-100. ISSN 1530-1508. ISBN 9780618246984.
"The best hope of all", TIME, 1963-05-03. Retrieved on 2007-08-06.
"Harder than hearts", TIME, 1968-08-02. Retrieved on 2007-08-06.
"Liver transplant: battle against the odds", TIME, 1963-10-04. Retrieved on 2007-08-06.