Blood Banks: The Wartime Invention That Saves Millions Today
The concept of large-scale blood banking was developed for the war by Dr. Charles Drew, an African American surgeon who was later subjected to the segregation his blood banks helpe...
Groundbreaking medical innovations and harrowing stories of wartime medicine.
5 factsThe concept of large-scale blood banking was developed for the war by Dr. Charles Drew, an African American surgeon who was later subjected to the segregation his blood banks helpe...
DDT virtually eliminated typhus and malaria among Allied troops, saving potentially millions of lives—before its environmental consequences were understood.
Burned RAF pilots at East Grinstead hospital formed the "Guinea Pig Club" as pioneering surgeon Archibald McIndoe invented revolutionary reconstructive techniques.
When penicillin was first needed for D-Day troops, scientists grew it in everything from bedpans to milk bottles before American industry achieved mass production.
Every American soldier carried packets of sulfonamide powder to sprinkle directly into wounds, making it the first ever mass-distributed antibiotic for combat.