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Tom Gibson, Plastic Surgeon (1915-93): Allograft rejection by the immune system and prediction of free tissue transplantation.
Tom Gibson made enormous contributions to the modern development of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. His key 1943 paper 'The fate of skin homografts in man' described the 'second set' phenomenon attributing graft rejection to an immunolo…
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Tom Gibson, plastic surgeon (1915-93): his life, the second set phenomenon, the host versus graft reaction, and the birth of tissue transplantation.
In the early 1940s Tom Gibson, a member of an MRC unit investigating infection in burns at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, developed an interest in skin grafting. With Peter (later Sir Peter) Medawar, he described the 'Second Set' phenomenon w…