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Article: The origins of blood transfusion: Early history

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The American Surgeon
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January 1, 2002
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Vignette in Medical History

LIKE MANY ADVANCES in medicine the advent of blood transfusion cannot be attributed to one person. It took several men working independently in different countries and different centuries to make it possible. Blood itself has held a spiritual and symbolic place in the lives of human beings throughout history. The Bible in Leviticus 17:11 reads, "The life of the flesh is in the blood."1 Ancient Romans were known to drink the blood of slain gladiators in order to gain some of their strength. The Egyptians often took baths in blood for rejuvenation. This idea of rejuvenation is present in ancient literature as well. Homer tells of Odysseus being revived in the ...

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