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Manisha DesaiUMass Chan Affiliations
Senior Scholars ProgramSchool of Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2020-09-01Keywords
BloodHistory of medicine
Transfusion
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Anesthesiology
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Medical Education
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Now a routine lifesaving treatment, blood transfusion between humans became a safe procedure only after many early therapeutic disasters. Performed between different species, heterologous transfusions actually succeeded homologous transfusions, those performed between members of the same species. In the early history of transfusion, both homologous and heterologous transfusions were performed in many clinical settings. Early clinicians were unable to distinguish between deaths caused by baseline illness and those resulting from transfusions. This report examines both early experiments with homologous transfusion between animals and later efforts investigating and finally abandoning heterologous transfusion. Topics explored include: 1) contributions and lessons learned from key individuals, 2) how these researchers suggested, performed, advocated, or challenged the practice of heterologous transfusion, and 3) why heterologous transfusions were even considered as a mode of therapy.Source
Nguyen HY, Desai MS. The rise and fall of heterologous transfusion. J Anesth Hist. 2020 Sep;6(3):127-132. doi: 10.1016/j.janh.2020.07.001. Epub 2020 Jul 7. PMID: 32921482. Link to article on publisher's site
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10.1016/j.janh.2020.07.001Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/49352PubMed ID
32921482Notes
Hoang Yen Nguyen participated in this study as a medical student in the Senior Scholars research program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
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