TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berner, Boel
AB  - 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.
DO  - 10.14361/9783839451632
ID  - OAPEN ID: ONIX_20200610_9783839451632_12
ID  - OAPEN ID: http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/39503
KW  - Blood Transfusion
KW  - 19th Century
KW  - Lamb Blood
KW  - Clinical Practice
KW  - Medical History
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Human
KW  - Animal
KW  - History of Medicine
KW  - Human-Animal Studies
KW  - History of Science
KW  - Cultural History
KW  - History
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/39503/1/9783839451632.pdf
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/39503/1/9783839451632.pdf
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/39503/1/9783839451632.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/38078
PB  - transcript Verlag
PP  - Bielefeld
PY  - 2020
SN  - 9783839451632
TI  - Strange Blood : The Rise and Fall of Lamb Blood Transfusion in 19th Century Medicine and Beyond
ER  - 
