Intravenous infusion, 17th century illustration

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Illustration of a dog receiving an intravenous infusion into its inner thigh. These intravenous infusions were carried out on animals and humans as part of the experiments for the first blood transfusions. Illustration from 'Clysmatica nova' (1667) by the German botanist Johann Sigismund Elsholtz (1623-1688).

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