Blood Transfusion Between the Wars

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9087631
AutoresWilliam H Schneider (autor de correspondencia)
Año2003
Volumen58
Número2
Páginas187-224
Fecha de publicación2003-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-5045 • E-ISSN: 1468-4373
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/jhmas/58.2.187
PMID12776438
OpenAlexW2092098083
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas5

This article examines the introduction of blood transfusion into general practice from the end of the First World War to the Second World War. Developments during most of this period were not the result of new discoveries but rather the spread of ideas and the establishment of donor organizations to secure an adequate blood supply. The identification, testing, and organization of potential donors were done in a wide variety of settings that reflected differences in political and cultural experiences. At the end of the 1930s, with war approaching, the resolution of problems with storage of blood and the discovery of new techniques for separating and storing plasma dramatically changed transfusion practice. Thus, the innovations of the Second World War were very much based on the development of broad donor organizations plus the new technical discoveries that had occurred during the interwar period.

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Biology · Blood supply · Blood transfusion · First world war · Identification (biology) · Interwar period · Period (music) · Political science · Politics · Variety (cybernetics) · World War II · Computer Science · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · History · Law · Medical History and Innovations · Medical History and Research · Medicine · Surgery