Consider blood transfusions, for example. When would you have deemed blood transfusions safe enough to consent to one? We’ll start at the beginning. In 1665, Richard Lower solved a fundamental problem ...

The scene begins with Dr. Hale attempting to perform a blood transfusion—a seemingly complicated procedure and one that is generally associated with modern laboratory medicine. It begs the ...

Red blood cell transfusions (RBCTs) are life-saving treatments for critically ill patients suffering from anemia, a condition ...