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This paper deals with the literary debate on the first experiments regarding blood transfusion on human beings between 1667 and 1668 in Europe, with particular attention to the less-known experimental research, carried out in Italy. The authors examine the details of the experimental developments, focusing on the techniques and instruments used by physicians involved in this new surgical approach, with special attention to the Italian debate and experimentations. The article suggests that transfusion was considered a part of what we could call “emergency surgery”. In this framework, Italian transfusional pioneers played a central role in the improvement and transmission of a discipline that was still in its dawning throughout Europe. Moreover, the manuscript highlights the contribution of the “chirurgia infusoria” as an innovative therapeutic system for an immediate and rapid recovery. From this perspective, blood transfusion represents a surgical practice for reanimation and resuscitation. The objective of this work was to analyze the importance of foreign literature and the English and French disputes presented by Davia in Italy, which made them known. Despite foreign prohibition in Italy, experiments with animal-to-human transfusions continued after 1648. A papal bull excommunicating scientists for conducting such research has never been found., Ovaj članak bavi se književnom raspravom o prvim eksperimentima vezanim uz transfuziju krvi na ljudima između 1667. i 1668. u Europi, s posebnim osvrtom na manje poznata eksperimentalna istraživanja provedena u Italiji. Autori ispituju detalje eksperimentalnog razvoja, fokusirajući se na tehnike i instrumente kojima se koriste liječnici uključeni u ovaj novi kirurški pristup, s posebnim osvrtom na talijansku raspravu i eksperimente. U članku se sugerira da se transfuzija smatra dijelom onoga što bismo mogli nazvati “hitnom operacijom”. U tom su okviru talijanski pioniri transfuzije imali važnu ulogu u poboljšanju i prenošenju discipline koja je još uvijek bila u nastajanju diljem Europe. Štoviše, članak ističe doprinos “chirurgiainfusoria” kao inovativnoga terapijskog sustava za trenutačan i brzi oporavak. Iz te perspektive, transfuzija krvi kirurška je praksa za reanimaciju i oživljavanje. Cilj je ovog rada bio analizirati važnost strane literature i engleskih i francuskih rasprava koje je Davia predstavio u Italiji, čime su oni postali poznati. Unatoč stranoj zabrani u Italiji, eksperimenti s transfuzijama sa životinje na čovjeka nastavljeni su i nakon 1648. Papinska bula koja je ekskomunicirala znanstvenike zbog provođenja takva istraživanja nikada nije pronađena.