History Today: When blood transfusion was performed for the first time in France

The first blood transfusion was performed by French physician Jean-Baptiste Denys on June 15, 1667. The procedure was performed on a 15-year-old boy who was weakened by a fever for nearly two months. On this day in 1917, the US Congress passed the Espionage Act, just two months after joining World War I

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