02/11
2013
Seminar

On the Brink of the Grave: Early Stories of Blood Transfusion

6:00 pm - 6:00 pm
WCHP Lecture Hall
Portland Campus
Ann Kibbie
Free and open to the public

This lecture will focus on the medical and cultural history of transfusion before the twentieth century, from the ill-fated experiments of the late seventeenth century to the re-introduction of the practice in nineteenth-century England. The early stories of transfusion include first-person accounts of medical/surgical experiments, medical case histories, and lectures delivered to medical students; as well as works of popular literature, such as satires and tales of sensation and horror.

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WCHP Lecture Hall
United States

Ann Kibbie