Strange Blood The Rise and Fall of Lamb Blood Transfusion in 19th Century Medicine and Beyond

Strange Blood The Rise and Fall of Lamb Blood Transfusion in 19th Century Medicine and Beyond

Hematology

In the mid-1870s, the experimental therapy of lamb blood transfusion spread like an epidemic across Europe and the USA. Doctors tried it as a cure for tuberculosis, pellagra and anemia; proposed it as a means to reanimate seemingly dead soldiers on the battlefield. It was a contested therapy because it meant crossing boundaries and challenging taboos. Was the transfusion of lamb blood into desperately sick humans really defensible? The book takes the reader on a journey into hospital wards and lunatic asylums, physiological laboratories and 19th century wars. It presents a fascinating story of medical knowledge, ambitions and concerns - a story that provides lessons for current debates on the morality of medical experimentation and care.

Berner, Boel

http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/39503

transcript Verlag

2020

Dewi Puspitasari

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Zimmerman, Leo M./Howell, Katherine M. (1932): ‘History of Blood Transfusion.’
In: Annals of Medical History vol. IV, pp. 415–433.

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English

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DOI
10.14361/9783839451632

Bielefeld