blood donors provide human river of life mks cpu grttleneder dsc of thc georgetown hos pital staff ha prepared th following article on the history of blood traisfusiont for the local red crost society as part of their publicity for the next blood donor clinic ed on the occurrence of three introduced in 1m9 h altin allcwmorphie genes a b jlrdl 0 as late ai 1b17 kllncr de i he years follow inf dis nied the importance ol proper the fiver of life the blood has be n identi fled wilh life from remotest antiquity scientific anatomical and physiological enquiries on the blood iwa totl the sixteenth century the discovery of the microscope around 1650 made possible the recognition of red cells bv jan swammcrdam description or transfusion uv en by giovani colic 1 1 1628 claim the vicci for adm ni tration of aniaml blood and rarely of human blood under conditions hcre consider with wonderment the tact of life wire agglutinated by the sera was not lost that transiu innv 0 ra sensitized by injee during this period were nolin of rhesus monkey red cells more frequently followed by recognition of the importance death is probably due to thcof this the production of small volume of blood tran- hemolytic reactions by wiener 1 and peters 1910 and in the choice for transfusion know ledge l the chemical nature of the a b o blood actors was not to come until the work of kobert in 1956 th modern technique of iransusion by the indirect mrthod datc to the introduction bv ha tin isli of widium citrate a auicoagu iniu tht rh factor and othar blood systamt landitcnier and lem dis covered the factor m n and p the practical importance of these groups was not immcdl atelv evident the uh factor of human red cells was disco- ered by landstcmcr and wiener in 1941 through the finding that the red ccjls in 85 of a caucasian populat on mechanism of production of erythroblastosis fetalis by le- vine brought about consider able reduction in the incidence of post transfusion himolvtic reaction and led to the treat merit of erythroblastic infants fused transfusion was used to change humour ol individu als urn the bloud o a lamb would be suitable for a choleric individual in 1675 landors demonstrat etr thai heterologous blood transfusion could lead to dan gerom caction and that if blood from an animal was mix ed with that of another species or human agglutination or hemolysis of the red cells oc cur transfusion of blood be came a discredited procedure and civil and religious authori ties banned its use thus be fore 1900 over a period of a little more than three centur ies knowledge of red cells and its functions progressed sum c eoll to establish most of tht fa lot cover of the rh factors be ginning with morrouts 19461 discoven of antigen a number of blood group systems other than abo appeared in litem tun koll duffy kidd lnth erson diego and sutter ad di tonally a number of group factors have been described oc ci rring in only a few families the canadian red cross blood tnnsfusion service pro- tides hospitals free of charge with blood required by the pa tlents but in order to satisfy the great demand for blood tht donor is the most important who li the donor every body over 18 cars of age the human blood nvcr of hfe- cannot be substituted it has o be human blood compatible to recipients blood on first donation red cross will test donor for roup type and anti bodies and issue donor an ident c which in an emergency may save donor s life any one of us may be come a recipient and depend on a donor for life saving sub stance the blood it is good to know your own group and type of blood if an uncom mon group or type in ca of emergency the dcclor may hae a chance to save our ithr oeororrown hirald thursday august si 1967 page 3 and gloves and a hat in hot pink gold and orange her cor mjr consisted of pink and ye low mums mr and mrs mcgowan reside in brampton where both are employees of the northern bl cctr c company mr and mrs john mcgowan hy exchange transfuson first life sugar itu spice the expo trail continued from i age 4 vage something toronto would solve the problem with div patch itic whole thing would be knocked down smartly to knowledge required proper use of transfusions i 1 durance of the antigen cotuu tution of human and animal red cells kept transfusion at pre homeric level between 1900 and 1911 fundamental d s- covencs were made which laid whatever happens t hope the dont tave it awav until we get there what s that ou thought wed been oh no were us getting packed tt tht momnt you don t hae in jo t the scientific basis for blood m unc a book thc transfuson landstcmcr 19no dlcoered three blood groups on the bais of the de termination of two antigen a and b in thc red cells and anti a and anti b aglutin n in blood sera in 1902 de cos tello and sturh discoverca ountry is full of xpo experts who are on too ready to fil vou in on evervlhin about it after spending two bewildered davs here wcvc been heirin tbou lxpt from friends rcla tivcs neighbour and ca ual uainlanccs until wr have blood roup o which contained lczcch hiown m qm neither antigen a nor b nut both anti a aid anti b agglu timn in 1c0s epstein and amuwna to hava 0tcnbnrg described practical methods fur groupmq fl blood before transfusion v inalv mendel s law of heredity first presented n 1865 was shown to apply to ihr blood groups by dungcrn and hirsifcld in 1911 it remaned until 1924 and bernstein to demonstrate that inher tance of antigens a b and o- as mcndeliau was bas- was construction superintendent with pelrex developments a retired construction super intcndcnl g orge p stpiens 68 of r r 2 ac on died in gcor getoun hospital on august 14 mr stephens leaves his wife verna g unstcad and a daugh ter bctt mrs tony damm of acton broth rs albert and earlyby of sutton tom toron to trcd los angeles and four grandchildren karen joan i tnda and john he was born march 18 1899 and was ma it ed in torontj on may 10th 1917 he had lived for thc past ix years at r r 2 acton moving from george town where he had been em ployed with dclrcx develop- 1 menls ltd mr and mrs- ste phens cre residents on rex j way drive wicn they lived in georgetown 11- attended toronto uchools the funeral service was held at the rumley shoemaker fun eral home on aufiust n con ducted by the rv k john ton and interment was in quecnsvillc pallbearers were nephews john gil jn arnold arthur starr pmcr and brian stephens and a friend harry hatherly p who hava ntver wen anything bigger than the county fair diimttsing the rus nn pavilion as brittle or ponderous or praising tha british pavilion as iubtl or wonoerfully understated thay ve picked up these ex press ions from the critics and arc going to ut them even if it makes you throw up i- vcrvthing wi r h irii about it hjs bcrn c i trad cl v ry from the aailabil ot la atones to the pne tf n tal however that life tint s pen pie and that s probal 1 fxpo tofa e ua e w re jl set sf fi ha n t ltpl ff to nigh s and has a blister on her heel kim 1 as a fall n arch 1 ime a mcou c irn or thc bill of my loot bui i cr mind that it s the spirit lint count nd ours arc cry law northern electric employees wed in brampton church ceremony christ anglican church t brampton was the scttn s tor i the afternoon wedding o li 1 anne bhiabclh din en dmh ter of mr and mrs lohn i t t r ck dineen of brampton j i wilhom john mcgowan s n ot mr and mrs william mc owan len williams h cb i ok plate last month ihc re david jone ofi t i ltd and xcnn th cuthbert s t tht organist it the certm i the ch irch was diconted h aidarls ot vhile n i s i i ud nl icn n nurr ije i father ihl bride wore t cc s ivlt wn in 1 ibk r a a ncr taffeta diis appli i cs jdorn d thc ntcklini 1 t setves and tht button ot t dr cathedral 1 l i a fill fron tlu a i her heatfpiict js a cli c of or3nz r taffct j a p ji t held a tr pie tier veil she carr ed a nn e nf p phi li pink r 1 i h le eurnnt n ti k thrt striamr m s ludi m v maid of honor m s lit ein th rr di s i ter in 1 m verm mtgowan the roti s ster were bridesmaids ml miss kelly dine n another ter of the bnde thc flowc jir they were gowned in empire- i hornby news mr and mrs arthur plant and grandson tommy plant and hrt elsie bloor attended a birthday picnic in honour nf chrencc dennis who celcbrat ed his birthday on sunday u rust 20 the party was attend cd hy 2 rucbts and arranged 1 b c hrence s sister mrs stao lev wood mr and mrs david ixislic and fimilv recently enjoved a vacation it camel lake mr and mrs clifford wni lcsworth have returned home from a trip to fxpo and to the fast coisl mr and mrs kerry jooson n i family of georgetown ere dinner guests on sunday ocnirk of mr and mrs jim hamilton mr ind mrs harold robson b by and paul irft on mon di for i few las at expo c nentulalions to the horn 1 m dgcl on mnninc their nd round of the ontario it il phyoffs when thev de of f il i the lnncrkip midget t mes straight ihty arl f wi t ng now to enter the finils wiivwsrrr of torohto royal 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