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Observations on transfusion of blood.

Publication Details

Lancet, 2, 321-24. 1828 CE–1829 CE.

The first human to human transfusion in which the patient did not die. Blundell established the most fundamental points in transfusion, including the incompatibility of interspecies transfusion and the method of indirect transfusion. With his descriptions of about ten cases over a ten-year period, Blundell revived interest in blood transfusion after a century-long hiatus.

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Entry Number#2017
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External URLobservations-on-transfusion-of-blood