Richard Lower: The Origins of Blood Transfusion

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• 作者：Eduardo Fastag ; MS^&lowast ; ; ^&dagger ; ; Joseph Varon ; MD ; FACP ; FCCP ; FCCM^&Dagger ; ; ^&sect ; ; ^¡¬ ; ; George Sternbach ; MD ; FACEP^¶ ;
• 关键词：blood transfusion ; medical history ; Richard Lower
• 刊名：Journal of Emergency Medicine
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：June, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：44
• 期：6
• 页码：1146-1150
• 全文大小：1431 K

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Millions of blood transfusions are performed yearly worldwide. With respect to its historical origins, this practice began in the 17^th century with an English physician. In 1666, Richard Lower reported the first successful transfusion between animals. The first transfusion in a human patient was performed the following year by Jean Baptiste Denis, a French physician. That same year, Lower transfused blood from a lamb into the bloodstream of a clergyman named Arthur Coga. However, the practice was subsequently abandoned for hundreds of years. Safe transfusion awaited the recognition of blood types and cross-matching, and did not occur until early in the 20^th century. A number of other advances in transfusion therapy have followed, and more are in development.