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Safety Rules. Drs. Kevorkian and Bylsma thought that they were applying the Russian method for the first time in the U.S. Then they learned, from a recent Bulletin of the American Association of Blood Banks, that as long ago as 1935 Surgeon Leonard L. Charpier had used a similar technique in a Chicago suburb. Dr. Charpier kept the work secret and died without writing up his records. But he was responsible for about 35 cadaver-blood transfusions in two years. Then the modern system of blood banking, which permits blood to be stored for three weeks without deterioration, was developed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Blood from the Dead | 5/26/1961 | See Source »

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