DREW, Charles Richard (1904 – 1950)
1904 – 1950
1 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source Associated Photographic Services, Inc · National Library of Medicine: [1] : Year supplied: ca. 1949 Original Repository: Howard University. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. Charles R. Drew Papers. Courtesy of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. · Public domain
1941 CE
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Report of the Blood Transfusion Association concerning the Project for Supplying Blood Plasma to England, which has been carried on jointly with the American Red Cross from August, 1940, to January, 1941. Narrative account of work and medical report.
Drew discovered the method for long-term storage of blood plasma, and organized America's first large-scale blood bank. Drew's thesis for his medical degree at Columbia was entitled "Banked Blood: A Study in Blood Pre…