January marks National Blood Donor Month and is the perfect time to donate blood. In the United States, someone needs blood every two seconds (American Red Cross). Your donation to the Jefferson Blood Donation Center can provide a lifeline to individuals in our area. You’ll also receive a voucher for a FREE Wawa coffee for blood donations all month. Walk into the Blood Donation Center (111 South 10th Street, Suite 1114, Street Level) or schedule your appointment online.
Explore the library resources below for information on the history of blood donations, blood transfusions, and the “black market” of blood.
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- All Blood Counts: A Manual for Blood Conservation and Patient Blood Management
- Banking on the Body: The Market in Blood, Milk, and Sperm in Modern America
- Blood Matters: Studies in European Literature and Thought, 1400-1700
- The Gift Relationship: From Human Blood to Social Policy
- History of Blood Donation and Transfusion Medicine
- Last Best Gifts: Altruism and the Market for Human Blood and Organs
- Life on Ice: A History of New Uses for Cold Blood
- Modern Blood Banking & Transfusion Practices
- Strange Blood: The Rise and Fall of Lamb Blood Transfusion in 19th Century Medicine and Beyond
Transfusion Blood and Sympathy in the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination
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