small individual study area in a library French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944)
Private study rooms in the library for graduate students, assigned for the semester or longer See the secretary in your academic department for a carrel assignment
French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944)
A desk equipped with a small locker and study light These may be rented from the Circulation desk for the academic year and/or summer semesters
A small office-like enclosure assigned to faculty and graduate student engaged in writing and research projects Inquire at the circulation desk on the second floor of the RBD Library for further information regarding assignment of carrels
born June 28, 1873, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Fra. died Nov. 5, 1944, Paris French surgeon, sociologist, and biologist. He received a 1912 Nobel Prize for developing a way to suture (stitch) blood vessels and laid the groundwork for further studies of blood-vessel and organ transplantation. He also researched preservation of tissues outside the body and the application of the process to surgery, and he helped develop the Carrel-Dakin method of flushing wounds with an antiseptic. His writings include Man, the Unknown (1935), The Culture of Organs (with Charles A. Lindbergh, 1938), and Reflections on Life (1952)
[ 'kar-&l ] (noun.) 1593. alteration of Middle English caroll, from Medieval Latin carola, perhaps from carola round dance, something circular, from Late Latin choraula choral song; more at CAROL.