What French doctor attempted a blood transfusion from a lamb to a human being in 1667?

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What French doctor attempted a blood transfusion from a lamb to a human being in 1667?

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Jean-Baptiste Denis is Louis XIV's doctor. He is the author of the Discourse on comets (1665) and of Letters (1667-1668) on blood transfusion. Denis was the first to attempt a blood transfusion from a lamb to a human being on June 15, 1667.