Joseph E. Murray (b. 1919). American Physician & Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1990). Fine Signature, Joseph E. Murray M.D., on a 6 in. by 4 in. card, with the typescript "Joseph E. Murray Awarded the 1990 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for performing the first kidney transplant in 1954." This work opened the entire field of organ transplantation and stimulated scientific investigation that led to the understanding of the biologiocal phenomonon wherby the human body rejects 'foreign' tissue. The work of Murray and his colleagues at The Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston was some of the most important work ever done in clinical medicine. Murray is among an elite group of surgeons to ever win the Nobel Prize. Others were Frederick Banting and Alexis Carrel. Carrel's work on suturing blood vessels in a sense made Murray's advances possible so Murray and Carrel are linked forever in history.Printed on the top margin. Overall in fine condition. Price: $95.