MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-20. BEFORE BOTTLES TO CONTAIN DONATED BLOOD FOR BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS ARE ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number 051923
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker McInnes, Geoffrey
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-20. BEFORE BOTTLES TO CONTAIN DONATED BLOOD FOR BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS ARE DESPATCHED FROM THE COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORIES TO THE BLEEDING CENTRE, A CALCULATED VOLUME OF A SOLUTION OF AN ANTI-COAGULANT, POTASSIUM OXALATE, IS ADDED TO THE STERILISED BOTTLE. HERE, MR LEN HEARNES AND MISS M. FINN ARE SEEN MEASURING THE SOLUTION INTO THE BOTTLES.