ExhibitionBoundary Crossing / 1931
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4. Experiment 13T…, 1938
Experiment 13T. Ovary, Fallopian tube, ovarian artery, and segment of aorta of a cat. Tissues spread on wall of organ chamber, instead of holder from The Culture of Organs, 1938
Authors: Alexis Carrel (1873–1944) and Charles A. Lindbergh (1902–1974)
Courtesy National Library of Medicine
The perfusion pump described in Alexis Carrel and Charles Lindbergh’s book was supposed to keep a sterile pulsing circulation of nutrient-rich fluid through organs.