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Literary notes about Transfusion (AI summary)

In literature, the term "transfusion" is often employed to evoke both a literal and symbolic exchange of vitality. In H. G. Wells’s work, for instance, it appears in a clinical and reflective context—both as the subject of discussion and as a recalled memory of scientific work [1, 2]. Bram Stoker’s Dracula, on the other hand, uses "transfusion" more repeatedly and dramatically. In this narrative, the term not only denotes a medical procedure—implying immediacy and urgency in preserving life [3, 4]—but also serves as a metaphor for intimate, transformative connection, as seen when it is linked to the binding of destiny and identity between characters [5, 6].
  1. A similar operation is the transfusion of blood,—with which subject, indeed, I began.
    — from The island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells
  2. The memory of his work on the transfusion of blood recurred to me.
    — from The island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells
  3. We must have another transfusion of blood, and that soon, or that poor girl’s life won’t be worth an hour’s purchase.
    — from Dracula by Bram Stoker
  4. There must be transfusion of blood at once.
    — from Dracula by Bram Stoker
  5. As he spoke, he was dipping into his bag and producing the instruments for transfusion; I had taken off my coat and rolled up my shirt-sleeve.
    — from Dracula by Bram Stoker
  6. Said he not that the transfusion of his blood to her veins had made her truly his bride?”
    — from Dracula by Bram Stoker

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