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Events on Saturday 17 June 1950 1
1950First human kidney transplant performedSurgeon Richard Lawler carries out pioneering operation in ChicagoDr. Richard Lawler performed the first human kidney transplant at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Chicago. The recipient's body eventually rejected the organ, but she lived for several more years and the operation demonstrated the procedure's feasibility. It laid groundwork for the development of organ transplantation as a field of medicine.