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Spain bleeds : the development of battlefield blood transfusion during the Civil War
- Title
- Spain bleeds : the development of battlefield blood transfusion during the Civil War / Linda Palfreeman.
- Author
- Palfreeman, Linda
- Publication
- Eastbourne : Sussex Academic Press, 2015.
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 204 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "War is sometimes mistakenly construed as the chief impetus for medical innovation. Nevertheless, military conflict obliges the implementation of discoveries still at an experimental stage. Such was the case with the practice of blood transfusion during the Spanish Civil War, when massive demand for blood provoked immediate recourse to breakthroughs in transfusion medicine not yet integrated into standard medical practice. The Spanish Civil War marked a new era in blood transfusion medicine. Frederic Duran Jordà and Carlos Elósegui Sarasoles, directors, respectively, of the blood transfusion services of the Republican Army and of the insurgent forces, were innovators in the field of indirect blood transfusion with preserved blood. Not only had they to create transfusion services, almost from scratch, capable of supplying campaigning armies with blood in wartime conditions, they also had to struggle against the medical establishment and to convince their medical peers of the value (not to mention the scientific significance) of what they were doing. The Blood Transfusion Service of the Republic was a truly international effort, with medical volunteers from all over the world carrying out transfusion work in primitive and often dangerous conditions"--Provided by publishers.
- Series Statement
- The Cañada Blanch/Sussex Academic studies on contemporary Spain
- Uniform Title
- Cañada Blanch/Sussex Academic studies on contemporary Spain.
- Subjects
- Medicine, Military
- Spain
- Blood > Transfusion
- Spain > Ejército Popular de la República
- Physicians
- Medicine, Military > Spain > History > 20th century
- History
- 1900 - 1999
- Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939)
- Armed Forces > Medical care
- Spain > History > Civil War, 1936-1939 > Medical care
- Biography
- Blood > Transfusion > Spain > History > 20th century
- Spain > Ejército Popular de la República > Medical care > History
- Physicians > Spain > Biography
- Medical care
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Blood on the battlefield -- A brief history of blood transfusion -- Techniques and methods -- Republican services at the outbreak of war : Frederic Duran Jordà -- Norman Bethune arrives in Spain -- Reg Saxton, British transfusionist -- Cadaveric blood transfusion -- Insurgent services at the outbreak of war : Carlos Elósegui Sarasoles -- A life of commitment : Dr. Duran, before and after the Spanish Civil War -- Conclusions: Between death and life : the response of a people.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-4771
- ISBN
- 9781845197179 (hardback : alkaline paper)
- 1845197178 (hardback : alkaline paper)
- LCCN
- 2014046819
- OCLC
- 906933713
- Author
- Palfreeman, Linda, author.
- Title
- Spain bleeds : the development of battlefield blood transfusion during the Civil War / Linda Palfreeman.
- Publisher
- Eastbourne : Sussex Academic Press, 2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The Cañada Blanch/Sussex Academic studies on contemporary SpainCañada Blanch/Sussex Academic studies on contemporary Spain.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900 - 1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-4771