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In the mid-1870s, the experimental therapy of lamb blood transfusion spread like an epidemic across Europe and the USA. Doctors tried it as a cure for tuberculosis, pellagra and anemia; proposed it as a means to reanimate seemingly dead soldiers on the battlefield. It was a contested therapy because it meant crossing boundaries and challenging taboos. Was the transfusion of lamb blood into desperately sick humans really defensible? The book takes the reader on a journey into hospital wards and lunatic asylums, physiological laboratories and 19th century wars. It presents a fascinating story of medical knowledge, ambitions and concerns - a story that provides lessons for current debates on the morality of medical experimentation and care. O-Ton: »When Lamb-to-Human Blood Transfusions Were All the Rage« - Boel Berner im Interview with newbooksnetwork.com am 12.10.2020. Besprochen in: https://lithub.com, 12.10.2020 https://www.books-readers.com, 10 (2020) Zeitsprung, 08.07.2020

19th Century. --- Animal. --- Clinical Practice. --- Cultural History. --- History of Medicine. --- History of Science. --- History. --- Human-Animal Studies. --- Human. --- Lamb Blood. --- Medical History. --- Medicine. --- HISTORY / Social History. --- Blood Transfusion; 19th Century; Lamb Blood; Clinical Practice; Medical History; Medicine; Human; Animal; History of Medicine; Human-Animal Studies; History of Science; Cultural History; History

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"Modern medicine is highly technological, with advanced technologies being used in diagnosis and care to provide knowledge about the patient, define bodily states and structure everyday medical interventions and divisions of labour. Whilst supporting and making medical practices possible, however, their design and use may also conflict with established traditions of medicine and care. What happens to the patient in a technologized medical environment? How are doctors', nurses' and medical scientists' practices changed when artefacts are involved? How is knowledge negotiated, or relations of power reconfigured?" "Technology and Medical Practice addresses these developments and dilemmas, focusing on various practices with technologies within hospitals and sociotechnical systems of care. Technologies are discussed as part of the sociotechnical environment of everyday medical practices, alongside the emotions of trust and distrust, fear, relief and compassion which they involve." "Combining science and technology studies with medical sociology, the history of medicine and feminist approaches to science, this book presents analyses of artefacts-in-use across a variety of settings within the UK, USA and Europe, and will appeal to sociologists, anthropologists and scholars of science and technology alike."--BOOK JACKET.

Technology, Medical. --- Feminism. --- Professional-Patient Relations. --- Social Medicine. --- Sociology, Medical. --- Medical technology --- Medical personnel and patient. --- Social medicine. --- Feminist theory. --- Medicine --- Technologie médicale --- Relations personnel médical-patient --- Médecine sociale --- Théorie féministe --- Médecine --- Social aspects. --- Practice --- Aspect social --- Pratique --- Medical technology -- Social aspects. --- Medical personnel and patient --- Social medicine --- Feminist theory --- Allied Health Occupations --- Health Occupations --- Interpersonal Relations --- Sociology --- Technology --- Humanism --- Delivery of Health Care --- Sociology, Medical --- Feminism --- Technology, Medical --- Biomedical Technology --- Professional-Patient Relations --- Social Medicine --- Social Sciences --- Psychology, Social --- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Technology, Industry, and Agriculture --- Ethics --- Technology, Industry, Agriculture --- Behavioral Sciences --- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms --- Humanities --- Health Care --- Philosophy --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Behavioral Disciplines and Activities --- Public Health --- Medical Technology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Social aspects --- Technologie médicale --- Relations personnel médical-patient --- Médecine sociale --- Théorie féministe --- Médecine

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Modern technological systems entail risks and uncertainties of hitherto unknown dimensions. This book discusses the construction of risk and safety within a variety of empirical contexts where technologies and their risk are debated and handled by individuals, groups or organizations. With contributions from leading scholars from Europe and the USA, it presents original theoretical discussions, linked to detailed empirical case studies.

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Engineers --- Engineering --- Ingénieurs --- Ingenierie --- Comparative studies --- Etudes comparatives --- Ingénieurs --- Comparative studies.