Alexis Carrel (June 28, 1873 – November 5, 1944) was a French surgeon, biologist and eugenicist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912. Alexis Carrel is also infamous for being a Nazi sympathiser, supporter and for his radical ideas on "forced euthanasia" of certain people in society.
Born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon , Rhône, Carrel received his medical degree from Université de Lyon, and practiced in France and in the Unit...
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Alexis Carrel (June 28, 1873 – November 5, 1944) was a French surgeon, biologist and eugenicist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912. Alexis Carrel is also infamous for being a Nazi sympathiser, supporter and for his radical ideas on "forced euthanasia" of certain people in society.
Born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon , Rhône, Carrel received his medical degree from Université de Lyon, and practiced in France and in the United States at the University of Chicago and the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. He developed new techniques in vascular sutures and was a pioneer in transplantology and thoracic surgery. Alexis Carrel was also a member of learned societies in the U.S., Spain, Russia, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Vatican City, Germany, Italy and Greece and received honorary doctorates from Queen's University of Belfast, Princeton University, California, New York, Brown University and Columbia University. He collaborated with American...
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