The first transplant surgeon
Subtitle: the flawed genius of Nobel prize winner, Alexis Carrel
By: David Hamilton
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New Jersey
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789814699365; 9789814699372
Subjects: Surgeons; Biography; Organ Transplantation; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Lyon days; title: New life in North America; title: Early years at the Institute; title: Carrel established; title: The birth of tissue culture; title: The Nobel prize; title: Heart and blood vessel surgery; title: War in France; title: The demonstration hospital; title: Early 1920s research; title: Life in the 1920s; title: Confidence gone; title: His book "Man, the unknown"; title: The organ pump; title: Wider involvement; title: Retirement nears; title: To France and back; title: Back to France; title: Aftermath.