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Strange Blood - The Rise and Fall of Lamb Blood Transfusion in Nineteenth-Century Medicine and Beyond (Paperback)
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Strange Blood - The Rise and Fall of Lamb Blood Transfusion in Nineteenth-Century Medicine and Beyond (Paperback)
Series: Medical Humanities
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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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