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Every two seconds, a blood transfusion is required in the United States. An eminent pioneer in the field was Charles Richard Drew, whose work on the banking of blood products and the logistics of collecting and distributing blood saved countless lives in the trenches of World War II and the wards of military and civilian hospitals.
Charles Richard Drew (1904–1950), surgeon and researcher, made fundamental contributions to blood preservation and the practice of plasma infusion. He led the first effort at large-scale blood donation and collection, first in New York with the Blood for Britain program of 1940–1941, then on a nationwide scale with the National
Learn about Dr. Charles Richard Drew, who discovered a method for long-term storage of blood plasma and organized America's first large-scale blood bank.
For his doctoral research, Drew set out to assess the blood and transfusion research to date, and to apply his findings to a trial blood bank program. He reviewed the history of blood transfusion as well as all the current research on blood chemistry and fluid replacement, including the Soviet investigations.
With Scudder, Drew did extensive original research in blood chemistry, fluid replacement, and the variables affecting blood preservation, culminating in a trial blood bank that ran for seven months and was a great success.
7 lut 2022 · Dr. Drew’s important research on blood transfusions and improved techniques for blood plasma storage quickly gained attention and helped spur the development of large-scale blood banks early in World War II.
29 paź 2010 · A biography of the Negro physician who developed a method of blood preservation and organized blood banks
