Strange Blood: The Rise and Fall of Lamb Blood Transfusion in Nineteenth-Century Medicine and Beyond

by Berner Boel and Boel Berner

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:3837651630

ISBN13:9783837651638

Release Date:May 2020

Publisher:Transcript Publishing

Length:200 Pages

Weight:0.66 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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