Miura A B
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Akita University School of Medicine.
Nihon Rinsho. 1997 Sep;55(9):2189-94.
Blood was mentioned as possible therapeutic measures throughout human history. However modern blood transfusion medicine has developed only during the 20th century. In Japan, blood transfusion was tried since 1919 by several surgeons who had experienced during World War I in Europe. In 1930, the Prime Minister, Osachi Hamaguchi, was shot and became shock for intra-abdominal bleeding. He was saved by the blood transfusion by his son. This affair made Japanese people know the value of blood transfusion. After World War II (1945), blood transfusion has come into wide use in Japan. But posttransfusion infections, for example, hepatitis virus and human immunodeficiency virus I infection have been big problems these 30 years. We must try to make this life-saving treatment safer whenever possible.
在人类历史上，血液一直被视为一种可能的治疗手段。然而，现代输血医学仅在20世纪才得以发展。在日本，自1919年起，几位曾在第一次世界大战期间有过欧洲经历的外科医生就尝试进行输血。1930年，首相浜口雄幸遭枪击，因腹腔内出血而休克。他被儿子输血救了下来。这件事让日本民众了解到了输血的价值。第二次世界大战（1945年）后，输血在日本得到了广泛应用。但在过去30年里，输血后感染，如肝炎病毒和人类免疫缺陷病毒I感染，一直是大问题。我们必须尽可能让这种挽救生命的治疗方法更安全。
