The remarkable story of Dr. Alexis Carrel

Dr. Alexis Carrel had everything going for him. He had a great job in Chicago in which his scientific genius was put to work with the likes of Charles Lindbergh, with whom he created the first heart profusion pump (artificial heart) in the early days of the 20th Century. He worked on amazing projects, like keeping a chicken alive for decades by replacing and rejuvenating its cellular structure, thus showing that cells, in a sense, need never die.

Using a small needle and very fine silk thread, he had developed the first successful technique for suturing blood vessels together, for which (along with his groundbreaking work on organ and blood transplantation) he won the 1912 Nobel prize in medicine.

But when World War II broke out, he, being a patriotic Frenchman, returned to France, where he had grown up and where, during World War I, had gone straight to the front lines, where he put his genius to work with Henry Dakin to create the Carrel-Dakin Method, an antiseptic treatment of wounds consisting of regular intermittent irrigation through surgically placed rubber tubes to avoid infection in contaminated wounds and to hasten healing.

He returned again to France just before the German invasion and occupation of his homeland, and remained in the unoccupied southern part of France, where the government there was allowed to continue under the watchful eyes of the Germans, who occupied the north and west of the country.

Carrel created a foundation there that would study human problems and seek solutions to them so society could advance and individuals could lead healthier, more productive (and happy) lives. After the war, he was, briefly, accused of collaborating with the Nazis (as was half of France) but was acquitted of all charges just before his death, brought on by stress, in 1944.

He was a man of great contradictions - a man of science who believed in the miracle cures of Lourdes, and a deeply devoted Catholic with morally conservative views who was devoted equally, perhaps, to science and dramatic change, if necessary, to advance society and preserve the human race. He had just finished a work encompassing all of these contradictions when he died.

In the early 1950s, his wife Anne had his unedited and unfinished work published as "Reflections on Life." The 2011 Abbott ePublishing edition, titled "A Scientist Reflects on Life and Society," is that work, and it is perhaps one of the most beautifully written testimonies to the determination of the human race to survive and thrive ever written.

Out of print for decades, this newly-edited work will surely have an impact in today's conflicted and troubled world.

You can read more and buy this wonderful book for only $2.99 at http://www.abbottepub.com/carrel.html

Caseworker Exposes Flaws in Welfare System

NEW HAMPSHIRE - Author Deb Shorter of New Hampshire worked in Human Services for a decade. This experience as a case worker provided her with valuable, first-hand insights into how the American Welfare System works - and how it doesn't.

Her first book, "Giving Away Your Tax Dollars - An Eye Into Welfare," delves into the twisted, turbulent and troubled world of the Welfare System, exposing who gets help, and who doesn't, and the reasons why. In the interview room of a caseworker, she hears client’s troubles and works her way through the government policies that determine if aid will be distributed.

"Readers will run the gamut of emotions as they read this book," she says. "They'll laugh, they'll cry, and they'll get angry. Then, they'll want to fix the system."

This entertaining and informative book offers ways to do just that, spelling out Ten Easy Solutions to America's budget problems within Human Services, especially Social Security.

Born in Amesbury, Massachusetts in 1961, Deb moved frequently as a young girl, first to Newton New Hampshire, and when her parents separated, to Haverhill, MA. She likes to say, "I worked my way up the state and back into New Hampshire, and kept heading further north!" She now lives in New Hampshire's beautiful North Country with her husband Ron. She writes in lovely a cabin in the woods called "The Pen Den." She is a grandmother of seven children, six boys and one girl.

She loves to hear from her readers, and enjoys their reactions to her work.

"They are my enthusiasm," she says. "It's weird how so many people love the emotional roller coaster I send them on - and that is EXACTLY what I wanted!"

An Eye Into Welfare: Giving Away Your Tax Dollars is available in an affordable print edition from Amazon Createspace for $12.99 at https://www.createspace.com/4067938 and as a Kindle eBook for $2.99 at http://amzn.com/B00AQ3KRRM. For more information, visit www.debshorter.com.

Former Caseworker Rips the Mask Off Welfare Fraud in “An Eye into Welfare: Giving Away Your Tax Dollars”

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Former Caseworker Rips the Mask Off Welfare Fraud, Calls for Reforms in “An Eye into Welfare: Giving Away Your Tax Dollars”

Author Deb Shorter is proud to announce the publication of her first book, "An Eye Into Welfare - Giving Away Your Tax Dollars,” exposing the games, tricks and fraud used by many seeking welfare, and answers why some who truly deserve it are denied.

Shorter, who worked as a case worker for ten years, brings her many valuable, first-hand insights to the topic of welfare, which she considers in urgent need of reform.

In “An Eye Into Welfare,” Shorter delves into the twisted, turbulent and troubled world of the Welfare System, exposing who gets help, and who doesn't, and the reasons why.

In the interview room of a caseworker, she hears client’s troubles and works her way through the government policies that determine if aid will be distributed.

“Readers will run the gamut of emotions as they read this book,” she says. “They’ll laugh, they’ll cry, and they'll get angry. Then, they’ll want to fix the system.”

This entertaining and informative book offers ways to do just that, and spells out Ten Easy Solutions to America's budget problems within Human Services, especially Social Security.

Born in Amesbury, Massachusetts in 1961, Shorter now lives in New Hampshire's beautiful North Country with her husband, Ron and two Red Bone Coonhounds. She writes in lovely a cabin in the woods called "The Pen Den." She is a grandmother of seven.

Shorter loves to hear from her readers, and enjoys their reactions to her work.

“They are my enthusiasm,” she says. “It’s weird how so many people love the emotional roller coaster I send them on - and that is EXACTLY what I wanted!”

An Eye Into Welfare: Giving Away Your Tax Dollars is available in an affordable print edition from Amazon Createspace for $12.99 at https://www.createspace.com/4067938

and as a Kindle eBook for $2.99 at http://amzn.com/B00AQ3KRRM. For more information, visit www.debshorter.com.

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