TY - BOOK ID - 64897450 TI - Strange Blood : The Rise and Fall of Lamb Blood Transfusion in 19th Century Medicine and Beyond PY - 2020 SN - 3839451639 3837651630 PB - Bielefeld transcript Verlag DB - UniCat 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 - Blood Transfusion; 19th Century; Lamb Blood; Clinical Practice; Medical History; Medicine; Human; Animal; History of Medicine; Human-Animal Studies; History of Science; Cultural History; History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:64897450 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. O-Ton: »When Lamb-to-Human Blood Transfusions Were All the Rage« - Boel Berner im Interview with newbooksnetwork.com am 12.10.2020. Besprochen in: https://lithub.com, 12.10.2020 https://www.books-readers.com, 10 (2020) Zeitsprung, 08.07.2020 ER -