Blood Transfusion From Mythical Fascination to Life-Saving Practice (Part 1): Mystical Vitality

In the first installment of the Hematopoiesis podcast, Dr. Lachelle Dawn Weeks provides an entertaining historical review of blood transfusion. In this three-part series of conversation with experts and patients, Dr. Weeks takes us on a trip through time that touches on ancient mythology, transfusions involving sheep, and modern day use of blood transfusion in resuscitation efforts. In this episode, Dr. Weeks and her guests, author of Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce Professor Douglas Starr and transfusion medicine specialist Dr. Sunny Dzik of Massachusetts General Hospital highlight the early history of blood transfusion.Music: “Somebody New” RYYZN (www.toneden.io/ryyzn/post/somebo…ew-copyright-free). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/