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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1863: Alexis Carrel

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 19, 2020 · Episode: 1863 Alexis Carrel, the murky pioneer of organ transplants. Today, a president killed, and a Nobel Prize given.

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