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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:28, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
Modern intravenous therapy bags hanging from an IV pole
... that the first recorded attempt at providing intravenous therapy was an attempt to treat Pope Innocent VIII with IV injection of blood from healthy donors? Source: Millam D (January 1996). "The history of intravenous therapy". Journal of intravenous nursing : the official publication of the Intravenous Nurses Society. 19 (1): 5–14. PMID8708844.