"Father of Blood Bank"
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Born 3 Jun 1904; died 1 Apr 1950 at age 45.
#Black-American #physician and #surgeon who was an #authority on the #preservation of #human #blood for #transfusion.
He organized and directed the #blood-plasma programs of the #UnitedStates and Great #Britain in the early years of #WorldWar II, while also agitating the authorities to stop excluding the blood of blacks from #plasma-supply networks. His death resulted from a car accident.
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