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On transfusion of blood in extreme cases of haemorrhage.

Med. Chir. J. Rev., 3, 276-284. 1817.

In 1816 Leacock, from Barbados, reported systematic experiments in Edinburgh on dogs and cats that established that donor and recipient must be of the same species, and recommended inter-human transfusion; he then returned to Barbados and published nothing more.

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Geographic Context

Mentioned in annotation: Edinburgh; Barbados