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Illustrations of historical transfusions over three centuries Volume 17, issue 6, Novembre-Décembre 2011

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Département d’études des agents transmissibles par le sang ; Institut national de la transfusion sanguine, 6, rue Alexandre-Cabanel, 75015 Paris, France, Laboratoire d’hématologie, CHU d’Amiens, place Victor-Pauchet, 80054 Amiens, France, Établissement français du sang-Bretagne, rue Pierre-Jean-Gineste, 35000 Rennes, France

This papers describes several illustrations of historical transfusions and point out common characteristics and differences over three centuries, through the major elements used by illustrators. During this pioneering epoch, the transfusion imagery, through the representation of the three actors of transfusion (recipient, donor, doctor) varied considerably over time, as did representation of the procedures of transfusion.