TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berner,Boel
TI  - Strange Blood: The Rise and Fall of Lamb Blood Transfusion in 19th Century Medicine and Beyond 
T2  - Medical Humanities
SN  - 9783839451632
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Bielefeld : 
PB  - transcript-Verlag, 
KW  - 19th Century
KW  - Animal
KW  - Clinical Practice
KW  - Cultural History
KW  - History of Medicine
KW  - History of Science
KW  - History
KW  - Human-Animal Studies
KW  - Human
KW  - Lamb Blood
KW  - Medical History
KW  - Medicine
KW  - HISTORY / Social History
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Prologue --; Introduction: ‘The mighty influence of strange blood’ --; 1. Using the blood of others --; 2. Ambitions and connections --; 3. Blood on the battlefield --; 4. Blood for the lungs --; 5. Asylum experiments --; 6. Proofs and refutations --; 7. Transgressions --; 8. Winding up --; Epilogue: The return --; Notes --; Sources and Literature --; Acknowledgements --; Index of Places --; Index of Names; Open Access
N2  - 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 because it meant crossing boundaries and challenging taboos.The book takes the reader on a unique 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 valuable lessons for current debates on the morality of medical experimentation and care
UR  - https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839451632
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