@book{2020:berner:strange_bl,
title = {Strange Blood},
year = {2020},
note = {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.},
edition = {1},
publisher = {transcript},
address = {Bielefeld},
series = {Medical Humanities},
volume = {5},
author = {Berner, Boel}
}