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Early history of blood transfusion for anemia caused by malaria
- Authors: Sergeeva M.S.1, Krylov N.N.1
- Affiliations:
- M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)
- Issue: No 1 (2025)
- Section: Articles
- URL: http://bulleten-nriph.ru/journal/article/view/2691
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.69541/NRIPH.2025.01.021
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Abstract
The article is devoted to the systematization of information on the first experience of using blood transfusion to treat anemia caused by severe malaria in the 19th — early 20th centuries. Attempts of this kind were undertaken in European countries in the
mainstream of the development of transfusion science in the 19th century, the peak of which occurred in the 1870—1890s. The widespread prevalence of malaria in Italy and the large number of victims explained the high interest of Italian doctors in the clinical study of
the effectiveness of blood transfusion in the fight against it. The experience of Western doctors in the treatment of chronic anemia of various etiologies, the development of methods and devices for blood transfusion against the background of the struggle for African colonies at the turn of the 19th—20th centuries contributed to the penetration and spread of the latest blood transfusion technologies on
the African continent. The decision-making algorithm in the new conditions was no different from that presented in the publications of
the Old World.
About the authors
Maria S. Sergeeva
M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)
Author for correspondence.
Email: sergeeva_m_s@staff.sechenov.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2027-4020
Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation
Nikolay N. Krylov
M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)
Email: nnkrylov01@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0078-9171
Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation
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