Strange Blood : The Rise and Fall of Lamb Blood Transfusion in 19th Century Medicine and Beyond / Boel Berner
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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| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Medical Humanities
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
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