Intraperitoneal blood infusions as a therapeutic method for anemia and other diseases in children

Over the past decade, blood transfusions in Western Europe and especially in America have become a common remedy, and they are successfully used at the bedside of sick children. So, we can name the names Opitz'a in Germany, Halbertsma in Holland and Kerr Gross'a, Oxon'a and Edin'a in Canada, who used intravenous infusions (homotransfusions) in sick children with anemia. The last of the listed authors expand the indications for blood infusion, using them also for severe hemorrhages, for shock from various reasons, as a preparatory agent before operations in weak patients and with significant weakness, and with septicemia and intoxication from burns or in connection with gastric diseases preferring to do infusions after partial exsanguination of patients.