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

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...

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1. Verfasser: Berner, BoelXXuLinköping University, Schweden (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2020
Ausgabe:1st ed
Schriftenreihe:Medical Humanities
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Zusammenfassung: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
O-Ton: »When Lamb-to-Human Blood Transfusions Were All the Rage« - Boel Berner im Interview with newbooksnetwork.com am 12.10.2020. Besprochen in: https://lithub.com, 12.10.2020 https://www.books-readers.com, 10 (2020) Zeitsprung, 08.07.2020
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (216 Seiten) 31 SW-Abbildungen
ISBN:9783839451632

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