ExhibitionBoundary Crossing / 1818
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1. Blundell’s Gravitator from The Lancet, 1829
Blundell’s Gravitator from The Lancet, June 13, 1829
Courtesy National Library of Medicine
The medical journal The Lancet recorded the dramatic success of blood transfusion. Reporting on a woman who received her husband’s blood, the journal noted, ”Life seemed to be immediately reanimated as by an electric spark.”