The hematologist Oswald H. Robertson pioneered the idea of "blood banks" in WWI by packing glass jars of citrated blood from universal donors in an ice-filled chest that he had constructed from ammunition cases. Learn more in my book THE FACEMAKER: https://linktr.ee/drlindseyfitzharris

#histodons #histodon #history #histmed #histsci #medhist #medhistorian #twitterstorians #twittermigration #twitter #TIL #writer #writing #nonfiction