Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 169

Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 169 Question 1 Children in Ladakh in the Himalayas never seem to get neonatal tetanus. What explanation is given for this? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet1681234847'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink1681234847')) The effects of high altitude prevents the organism living in the soil. [Reference] Question 2 In 1667, a human received one of the first blood transfusions. What was the source of the blood? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet697046597'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink697046597')) Sheep Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, eminent physician to King Louis XIV of France, on June 15, 1667, transfused the blood of a sheep into a 15-year-old boy, who survived the transfusion. Denys performed another transfusion into a labourer, who also survived. Both instances were likely due to the small amount of blood that was actually transfused into these people. This allowed them to withstand the allergic reaction. [Reference] Denys’ experiments with animal blood provoked a heated controversy in France, and in 1670 the procedure was banned. It wasn’t until after Karl Landsteiner’s discovery of the four blood groups in 1902 that blood transfusions became safe and reli...
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