Strange Blood
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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| 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. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-380782025-03-23T12:35:23Z Strange Blood Berner, Boel Blood Transfusion 19th Century Lamb Blood Clinical Practice Medical History Medicine Human Animal History of Medicine Human-Animal Studies History of Science Cultural History History thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine 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. 2021-02-10T14:51:49Z 2021-02-10T14:51:49Z 2020-06-10T14:51:43Z 2020 book ONIX_20200610_9783839451632_12 OCN: 1158129033 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/39503 9783839451632 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/38078 eng Medical Humanities open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/39503/1/9783839451632.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/39503/1/9783839451632.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/39503/1/9783839451632.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/39503/1/9783839451632.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/39503/1/9783839451632.pdf transcript Verlag transcript Verlag 10.14361/9783839451632 10.14361/9783839451632 7e97f9b9-be2b-4d9c-a928-3c8ebdfa443c 9783839451632 transcript Verlag 216 Bielefeld open access |
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