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From the Ted Talk by Bill Schutt: How do blood transfusions work?

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_____ types hadn’t been discovered by Halsted’s time, though people had been experimenting with ____________ for centuries— mostly unsuccessfully. In 1667, a French physician named Jean-Baptiste Denis became the first to try the _________ on a human. Denis __________ sheep’s blood into Antoine Mauroy, a man likely suffering from psychosis, in the hopes that it would reduce his ________. Afterward, Mauroy was in good spirits. But after a second transfusion, he _________ a fever, severe pain in his lower back, intense burning in his arm, and he urinated a thick, black liquid.

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  1. transfused
  2. blood
  3. developed
  4. symptoms
  5. technique
  6. transfusions

Original Text

Blood types hadn’t been discovered by Halsted’s time, though people had been experimenting with transfusions for centuries— mostly unsuccessfully. In 1667, a French physician named Jean-Baptiste Denis became the first to try the technique on a human. Denis transfused sheep’s blood into Antoine Mauroy, a man likely suffering from psychosis, in the hopes that it would reduce his symptoms. Afterward, Mauroy was in good spirits. But after a second transfusion, he developed a fever, severe pain in his lower back, intense burning in his arm, and he urinated a thick, black liquid.

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