Strange Blood : the Rise and Fall of Lamb Blood Transfusion in 19th Century Medicine and Beyond /
In the mid-1870s, the experimental therapy of lamb blood transfusion spread like an epidemic across Europe and the USA. Doctors tried to use 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...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Bielefeld :
Transcript-Verlag,
[2020]
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Series: | Medical humanities (Transcript (Firm)) ;
Bd. 5. |
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