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

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Berner, Boel (Autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2020
Bielefeld : [2020]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Medical Humanities
Materias:
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;
19th Century.
Animal.
Clinical Practice.
Cultural History.
History of Medicine.
History of Science.
History.
Human-Animal Studies.
Human.
Lamb Blood.
Medical History.
Medicine.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Prologue 9 Introduction: 'The mighty influence of strange blood' 11 1. Using the blood of others 17 2. Ambitions and connections 31 3. Blood on the battlefield 45 4. Blood for the lungs 61 5. Asylum experiments 81 6. Proofs and refutations 105 7. Transgressions 127 8. Winding up 145 Epilogue: The return 159 Notes 167 Sources and Literature 183 Acknowledgements 203 Index of Places 205 Index of Names 209

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