Strange Blood The Rise and Fall of Lamb Blood Transfusion in 19th Century Medicine and Beyond Punk 57 Connective Tissues
Strange Blood The Rise and Fall of Lamb Blood Transfusion in 19th Century Medicine and Beyond Punk 57 Connective TissuesIn 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
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