Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature: Boundary Crossing / 1931

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A curved, cylindrical, glass valve with small, round organ inside.

4. Experiment 13T…, 1938

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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)

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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.

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Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature

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Perfusion pump assembly from The Culture of Organs, 1938

ExhibitionBoundary Crossing / 1931

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