EP23: Milk Transfusions

Have you ever needed a blood transfusion? What would you think if your doctor came to you and said "what you need is 150 cc of cow milk through that IV"? Pretty insane right? Well, it happened! Let's talk about it.

SOURCES:

 https://bigthink.com/health/milk-transfusion/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1537-2995.1969.tb04920.x 

https://www.iflscience.com/nineteenth-century-doctors-used-milk-for-blood-transfusions-67580 

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/04/10-strange-medical-practices-from-history/#:~:text=Milk%20transfusions,successful%2C%20many%20resulted%20in%20death. 

https://www.popsci.com/weirdest-thing-milk-transfusion-uranium-glass-poppers/ 

https://www.aabb.org/news-resources/resources/transfusion-medicine/highlights-of-transfusion-medicine-history 

https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/lifestyle/others/evolution-of-blood-transfusion-through-milk-and-saline-transfusion 

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