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The first transplant surgeon : the flawed genius of Nobel prize winner, Alexis Carrel / David Hamilton.
- Hamilton, David, 1939-
- Date
- [2017]
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, [2017]
Physical description
xviii, 587 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Lyon days -- New life in North America -- Early years at the Institute -- Carrel established -- The birth of tissue culture -- The Nobel prize -- Heart and blood vessel surgery -- War in France -- The demonstration hospital -- Early 1920s research -- Life in the 1920s -- Confidence gone -- His book "Man, the unknown" -- The organ pump -- Wider involvement -- Retirement nears -- To France and back -- Back to France -- Aftermath.
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineBZP (Carrel)Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9789814699365
- 9814699365
- 9789814699372
- 9814699373