It is suggested that this wearing-out process may be assisted by Transfusing into the veins blood freshly taken from some warm-blooded animal.
"Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc."
George Francis Atkinson
By moistening his body with the blood of the slaughtered steer, the neophyte believed that he was Transfusing the strength of the formidable beast into his own limbs.
"The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism"
Franz Cumont
But still he went on, Transfusing into his canvas the grandeur and simplicity of the Italian school; still, though he felt palpably within him the creeping advance of the deadliest and surest enemy to fame, he pursued, with an unwearied ardour, the mechanical completion of his task; still, the morning found him bending before the easel, and the night brought to his solitary couch meditation rather than sleep.
"The Disowned, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton