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 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.
ক্যাটাগোরিগুলো:
সাল:
2021
প্রকাশক:
Transcript Verlag
ভাষা:
english
ISBN 10:
3839451639
ISBN 13:
9783839451632
বইয়ের সিরিজ:
(Medical Humanities)
ফাইল:
PDF, 5.01 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2021