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Richard Lower: Anatomist and Physiologist

Richard B. Davis, MD, PhD

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TO THE EDITOR:
Dr. Felts is to be commended for his review of the life and accomplishments of Richard Lower (1). After publication of Dr. Lower's observations about transfusion, Jean Denis, physician to Louis XIV, repeated Lower's dog studies. On 15 June 1667, Denis gave the first of five heterologous transfusions to different persons (2). He obtained blood from the carotid artery of a lamb and thus did not, as noted by Dr. Felts, perform “the first transfusion between humans.” After another transfusion, given to a paid “robust” volunteer, the subject reportedly felt stronger than before the transfusion (3). Arthur Coga, Dr. Lower's patient, was also paid (20 shillings), bled, and then given about 270 mL of sheep blood. Samuel Pepys recorded that after the transfusion, Mr. Coga “did this day give  … an oration in Latin  … finding himself much better since the transfusion.”
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Davis RB. Richard Lower: Anatomist and Physiologist. Ann Intern Med. ;132:1008–1009. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-132-12-200006200-00031

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(12):1008-1009.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-132-12-200006200-00031

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