# @harvard on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DD7DI6xOYNe
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/25653699-harvard-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/7df193925a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-12-23T13:34:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Harvard University (@harvard) — https://gondola.cc/harvard

## Caption

70 years ago today the first successful transplant of an internal organ was done by a Harvard professor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. 

On December 23, 1954, Harvard Medical School professor Joseph Murray and his team performed a kidney transplant on a man who had been given just two years to live. The surgery ushered in the era of organ transplantation, giving hope to thousands of patients each year.

#HarvardMed #OrganTransplant #Harvard #ThisDayInHistory

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organtransplant, harvard, harvardmed, thisdayinhistory

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