Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy

Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach

Various body parts can be replaced. These are sometimes replaced by using the same part from another person. (This is common in the west,  but not in China.) Other times parts are grafted from different parts of the body or from other animals. Sometimes things are fully created implements. Sometimes "new" can be seen by people as better. I found it interesting that people would pull their teeth in order to use dentures. This seems crazy. But then today we may pull half-healthy teeth in order to put implants in place. Sometimes surgeries are done arbitrarily. This book provides a number of anecdotes of various people engaged in replacing body parts. It is created as a "popular" story rather than providing details. Genitalia and implants are covered as are various types of cosmetic implants. There is not a whole lot of coverage of "boring" replacements.