The Use of Citrated Plasma in the Treatment of Secondary Shock

Serum and Plasma in Treatment of Haemorrhage in Experimental Animals

“…Bond and Wright (1938), however, reported the successful use of " lyophilized " serum in the treatment of haemorrhage in experimental animals, but the conditions of these trials were not described in detail. Since we began our experiments Levinson, Neuwelt, and Necheles (1940) and Strumia, Wagner, and Monaghan (1940) have published interesting papers bearing on this subject. Strumia and his co-workers report the successful treatment, with relatively small doses of plasma, of patients suffering from surgical shock and haemorrhage.…”

Note on the Transfusion of Reconstituted Dried Human Serum

“…Among those who have referred to the supposed toxicity of serum are Strumia, Wagner, and Monaghan (1940) and Scudder (1940). Levinson, Neuwelt, and Necheles (1940), although they preferred serum to plasma because of clotting difficulties with the latter, found reactions in 25% of cases.…”