L'Ambulance du Docteur Alexis Carrel 1914-1919.
by [CARREL, Alexis (1873-1944)] Georgette MOTTIER
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About This Item
Lausanne:: Editions La Source, 1977., 1977. Small 8vo. 170, [6] pp. Numerous illustrations. Printed wrappers. Very good. Alexis Carrel was a French surgeon and biologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912 for pioneering vascular suturing techniques. / Alexis Carrel (1873-1944), on vacation in France, was mobilized on August 1, 1914 and worked at the drawing of the wounded arriving at the Lyon train station, then at the Hotel-Dieu of this city where he was confronted with the dreaded problem of the old infected wound, generator of so many ineffective amputations and deaths. See: Reggiani, A. H., Alexis Carrel . . . Surgery, Science, and Man, the Unknown. (2002).
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- Bookseller
- Jeff Weber Rare Books (CH)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M14220
- Title
- L'Ambulance du Docteur Alexis Carrel 1914-1919.
- Author
- [CARREL, Alexis (1873-1944)] Georgette MOTTIER
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Editions La Source, 1977.
- Place of Publication
- Lausanne:
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Medical History
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