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Title
Strange Blood
Subject
Animals
Description
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.
Creator
Berner, Boel
Source
http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/39503
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Date
2020
Contributor
sawanah
Rights
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
Format
pdf
Language
English
Type
Textbook
Identifier
DOI 10.14361/9783839451632