ExhibitionBoundary Crossing / 1931
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2. Cross section of perfusion pump assembly…, 1938
Cross section of perfusion pump assembly from The Culture of Organs, 1938
Authors: Alexis Carrel (1873–1944) and Charles A. Lindbergh (1902–1974)
Courtesy National Library of Medicine
Charles Lindberg drew designs for the perfusion pump, a device capable of maintaining organs outside the body. After a five-year collaboration, the device kept alive small animal organs for three weeks.