Illustration from Johannes Scultetus’ Armamentarium chirurgicum (1693) of Jean Denis performing a xenotransfusion from dog to man. The image was originally published by an anonymous illustrator in 1667.
Featured on PDR in the essay Beast in the Blood: Jean Denis and the “Transfusion Affair”
During the late 1660s in Paris, transfusing the blood of calves and lambs into human veins held the promise of renewed youth and vigour. Peter Sahlins explores Jean Denis’ controversial experiments driven by his belief in the moral superiority of animal blood: a substance that could help redeem the fallen state of humanity.
Also appearing in the essay…
Jean Denis Performing a Xenotransfusion from Dog to Man
Date
1693
From
Armamentarium chirurgicum
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