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Re: Question About a Photo



During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) Dr Norman Bethune developed a
mobile blood unit that allowed the transport and use of both whole blood and
blood products in combat conditions.

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From: Glenn Sherman <GSherman@CSL.CTSTATEU.EDU>
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Date: 26 July, 2000 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: Question About a Photo


Actually, blood collected in drives during WWII was not used as whole blood
(it's true, we didn't have the capability of transporting it). In 1940,
Edwin Cohn, A Harvard biochemist, developed a method for isolating the blood
protein, albumin, from whole blood.  Albumin could be stored for long
periods without spoiling, and worked as an effective blood substitute (just
add water, and mix!).  The first real life test of this blood product was at
Pearl Harbor.



Glenn Sherman
Project Assistant
Connecticut Newspaper Project
Connecticut State Library
231 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT  06106

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