Blood collection for transfusion in the United States is accomplished by an eclectic system
that has evolved since World War II. Most high‐income countries have adequate blood …

Although history states correctly that Bernard Fantus coined the name “blood bank” in
Chicago in 1937, his was only one of many contributions of Midwest America to the new …

The practice of blood transfusion has evolved in this century from hitor-miss barbarism to a
relatively sophisticated therapeutic procedure. Today it is a rare occasion when a patient is …

Publisher Summary This chapter provides a brief history of blood transfusion. Blood
transfusion is one of the oldest and most common medical practice and in the US and blood …

Transfusion medicine has been described as a medical specialty dealing with the use or
removal of blood and its components in the treatment and prevention of human disease …

In many developing countries, blood transfusion services are still insufficiently organized or
wholly lacking. This situation is mainly due to a great shortage of the qualified staff, both …

The article focuses on the history of blood banking and transfusion medicine profession. It
states that physicians were initially focused on technical and consultative medical aspects …

T flesh is in the blood and I have given it to you on the altar to make an atonement for your
souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. Therefore, I said unto the …

THIS REPORT summarizes the deliberations of a panel of knowledgeable scientists
convened to identify and examine promising areas of research in transfusion medicine. The …

The centenary of the start of the First World War has stirred considerable interest in the
political, social, military and human factors of the time and how they interacted to produce …