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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Main Author: | Berner, Boel (auth) |
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Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
Language: | English |
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Bielefeld
transcript Verlag
2020
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Series: | Medical Humanities
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