blood transfusions became safer in 1901 and why.
blood transfusions became safer in 1901 and why.
when did blood transfusions become safer and why?
1901
in 1874, ponfick warned the association of baltic physicians about the dangers of animal-to-human blood transfusions (xenotransfusion). this warning was based on empirical experience: a patient had died after receiving blood from a sheep. the following year physiologist leonard landois (1837–1902) from the university of greifswald backed up ponfick's findings with statistical data on the dangers of xenotransfusion.









































section::::principal writings.









































bullet::::- "die actinomykose des menschen, eine neue infectionskrankheit". monograph, berlin, 1882.









































bullet::::- "topographischer atlas der medizinisch-chirurgischen diagmostik". jena, 1901









































bullet::::- "untersuchungen über die exsudative nierenentzündung". text and atlas. jena, 1914.









































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bullet::::- essay on blood transfusions
emil ponfick
a blood product (or "blood-based product") is any component of blood which is collected from a donor for use in a blood transfusion. blood transfusions can be life-saving in some situations, such as massive blood loss due to trauma, or can be used to replace blood lost during surgery. blood transfusions may also be used to treat a severe anaemia or thrombocytopenia caused by a blood disease. people with hemophilia usually need a replacement of clotting factor, which is a small part of whole blood. people with sickle-cell disease may require frequent blood transfusions. early blood transfusions consisted of whole blood, but modern medical practice commonly uses only components of the blood, such as fresh frozen plasma or cryoprecipitate.
intravenous therapy