Word: platelet
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...desperation, the doctors appealed to the public. The response was almost overwhelming: in one week volunteers donated 311 pints. As fast as the blood could be processed, it was transfused into Hubert Harris' veins, while doctors tried to halt the bleeding with blood-clotting platelet concentrates. In all, Harris got 160 transfusions (20 gals.) of whole blood, about 20 times the amount of blood in the average man's body...
...will take time to make the platelet-processing technique generally available. But eventually, it will be a strong line of defense for radiation casualties. At Hiroshima, many of the nonviolent deaths were from internal bleeding caused by damage to the victims' platelets...