Strange Blood - The Rise and Fall of Lamb Blood Transfusion in Nineteenth-Century Medicine and Beyond: The Rise and Fall of Lamb Blood Transfusion in Nineteenth-Century Medicine and Beyond (Medical Humanities)

by Berner Boel

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.

• ISBN10: 3837651630
• ISBN13: 9783837651638
• Publish Date: 8 December 2021
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: DE
• Imprint: Transcript Verlag
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 200
• Language: English