The “father of experimental surgery” who performed pioneering research, including several transplantation procedures, was:
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C. John Hunter, the Scot who performed autografts and xenografts
DISCUSSION: All of the descriptions are correct and represent important contributions to the history of transplantation. However, the Scottish surgeon John Hunter (1728–1793), is rightfully known as the father of experimental surgery because of his pioneering research. Several of his experimental procedures involved transplantation, including autografting of a cock's spur to its comb and xenografting of a human tooth to the comb of a cock.
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