Blood transfusion is a long-known life-saving procedure for patients in need of blood, as its history can be traced to about 200 years ago. The first successful blood transfusion performed from one human to another was pioneered by James Blundell, an obstetrician who in 1818 succeeded in transfusing 227 mL of blood to a patient with postpartum hemorrhage
Universa Medicina (univ.med) is a four-monthly medical journal that publishes new research findings on a wide variety of topics of importance to biomedical science and clinical practice. Universa Medicina Online contains both the current issue and an online archive that can be accessed through ...