Taber's Medical Dictionary
Carrel-Dakin treatment
(kăr-ĕl′dā′kĭn )
[Alexis Carrel, Fr.-U.S. surgeon, 1873-1944; Henry D. Dakin, U.S. chemist, 1880-1952]
A method of wound irrigation first used in 1915. The wound is intermittently irrigated with Dakin's solution.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Carrel-Dakin Treatment." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745218/all/Carrel_Dakin_treatment.
Carrel-Dakin treatment. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745218/all/Carrel_Dakin_treatment. Accessed October 31, 2025.
Carrel-Dakin treatment. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745218/all/Carrel_Dakin_treatment
Carrel-Dakin Treatment [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 October 31]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745218/all/Carrel_Dakin_treatment.
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