M0001645: Engraving of a blood transfusion from a dog (canine) to a patient (human), circa 1692

Date:
06 February 1931
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/15/40
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Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Transfering blood of a dog into a patient, circa 1692.

Description

Reproduction of an engraving depicting a patient having his blood let from his right arm, while the blood of a dog is transfused into his left arm (xenotransfusion). Underneath the image is a diagram of the instruments used for the blood transfusion. The original engravings are from page 28 in Lamzweerde, Johannes Baptista (fl. 1657-1686) Appendix... ad amramentarium chirurgicum, Leyden: Boutesteyn, 1692.

Publication/Creation

06 February 1931

Physical description

2 photographs sheet film negative; 12.5 x 10 cm photographic print; 11.8 x 7.7 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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