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This article presents a discussion on the blood clotting and its effects in blood transfusion procedures. A brief history of methods for blood transfusion is also included as well as the use of anticoagulants.
In the preceding "Retrospectroscope" column, I dealt with the anticoagulants' historical development as an essential transfusion component. This installment, instead, delves into the technology associated with the medical act of transferring blood from one subject to another's circulatory system. Hence, this paper speaks of the engineering of transfusion.
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