Hemolytic Reaction Following Blood Transfusion; Report of a Case of Intra-Group Incompatibility

Case Reports1 April 1939HEMOLYTIC REACTION FOLLOWING BLOOD TRANSFUSION; REPORT OF A CASE OF INTRA-GROUP INCOMPATIBILITYHARRY MANDELBAUM, M.D.HARRY MANDELBAUM, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-10-1699 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptBefore the days of blood grouping, hemoglobinuria was a common sequel of blood transfusion, and in many of the cases renal insufficiency developed, usually with lethal termination. Such hemolytic transfusion reactions were first described by Denys1 in 1667. Their frequent occurrence in his cases was not surprising, for he had been injecting sheep's blood into human beings. However, similar reactions occurred in a large percentage of the cases where human blood, exclusively, was transfused. 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