BIONICS

Bionics

Bionics

Limb Transplantation

Patients that have to be dealt with in the amputation surgery, are increasingly asking us to a tricky question: why not make a transplant after the amputation of hands or feet? Kidney, heart, lungs, liver, pancreas successfully transplanted from one person to another, is not it time to extend these methods and to the extremities - in fact, thus can prevent disability patients. The desire is quite legitimate. Contrary to popular belief, the most advanced prosthetics - it's just a primitive substitution. The motion of the leg prosthesis is passive in nature. Actions artificial hand too limited - it can only be something to grasp. In addition, the prosthesis is devoid of any sensitivity was (Youngner, 1996).

Today, limb transplants are successfully conducted by different surgeon around the globe. In Spain, a doctor had developed an artificial hand that mimic the movement of the other hand so that they both had some kind of coordination.

Is Organ Transplantation Viable

With recent advance techniques and methods, the viability of transplantation has increased immensely. There was a time when we only heard about lung transplantation, but now ear, eyes, and even limbs can be transplant and their results are quite encouraging and heartening. Although, these results are not as natural as one would like but at least the progress is there.

History of Organ Transplantation

Saints Cosmas and Damian both have dedicated their lives before we heard many legends. The oldest was born in Syria in the V-VI centuries. "The twins Cosmas and Damian practiced as a doctor in the town of Aegeus. They heal not only the rational people, but dumb creatures. Under the influence of drugs they use illness receded, and the body becomes healthy again. Subsequently, they have successfully treated both physical and mental ailments. Feeling no need of anything, the brothers sold their possessions and distributed the proceeds to the poor, did not refuse anyone who asked for alms. Money for his treatment of Cosmas and Damian did not take and act on behalf of Christ. They opened the hospital and treated everyone - men and animals - for free. One has always been at the hospital, visiting patients and the other"

Because the twins were exercising their ability to free the Greeks called them disinterested. The only time Damian violated this rule and in one patient took the egg to give it to patients. Cosmas saw in this temptation the devil and insisted that his brother begged him perfect sin(Starzl,Barker,2011).

Not surprisingly, the successful activities of the Christian saints aroused hatred and jealousy of the priests, who tirelessly were talking about the harms of doctors paganism. It was a time when Diocletian persecuted Christians. At the instigation of Lysia, Sicilian landlord, the brothers was caught and sentenced to death. But neither fire nor water, nor the arrow could not slay them, only to arrive at the sword(Piao et.aol ,2010).

Soon after the death of both the saints began to ascribe the various miracles that all the sources that tell about the brothers, took ...