...One of the taboos in Judaism is the prohibition against eating meat that has not had all of its blood drained from it, in order to prevent the mixing of animal blood with human blood, the seat of the soul. From this point of view, the first attempt in the 17th century by Richard Lower (1631-91) and Jean-Baptiste Denis (?-1704) to give a human a blood transfusion using sheep's blood was an unspeakable act of blasphemy. Although the attempt failed, medical progress is often accompanied by this kind of disastrous trial and error. ... *Some of the terminology that mentions "Denis, JB" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…ユダヤ教のタブーの一つに,血をすべて抜きとった肉でなければ食べるのを禁じているのも,魂の座である人間の血に獣の血が混ざることを避けるためである。このような見地からは,17世紀にローワーRichard Lower(1631‐91)やドニJean‐Baptiste Denis(?‐1704)らが羊の血を用いて初めて人への輸血を試みたことなど,言語道断の瀆神行為である。試みは失敗したが,医学の発展にはしばしばこの種の悲惨な試行錯誤が伴っている。… ※「Denis,J.B.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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