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SPIETHOFF'S RELUCTANCE TO GRANT PRIORITY TO RAVAUT - 13E7
Spiethoff [13E7] followed up Ravaut's publication with
reference to "the very remarkable communication of Pr„torius" on
the successful use of autogenous blood and simplicity and
neatness of his method, despite Spiethoff's own preference for
use of autoserotherapy. "The publication of Paul Ravaut on the
same method [as Pr„torius, at least according to Spiethoff] has
induced me to briefly describe an independently discovered
method". Spiethoff described the withdrawal of autoblood and
reinjection intravascularly, suggesting the action is the same as
that of autoserum.