(This story was updated to add new information.)
More than 70 years ago, a pair of identical twins from Rutland changed the world, taking part in the first successful human organ transplantation.
Ronald Herrick and Richard Herrick underwent 17 tests before doctors gave them the “all clear” ahead of the procedure, set to be performed by College of the Holy Cross alumnus and Milford native Dr. Joseph Murray at what was then the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, now Brigham and Women’s Hospital…