CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY WAR AND DEFENSE INFORMATION CENTER Mimeographed Bulletin #12 December 10, 19A2 USE OF BLOOD PLASMA ON THE BATTLEFIELD Answer bo war's greatest killers. In; Fortune, vol.26, no.A, October 194-2, p.30--32. The greatest killers on the battlefront are shock and hemorrhage. Blood transfusion by means of blood plasma consti- tutes the most effective way to combat these. This article describes the nature and the processing of plasma for this purpose. Better blood transfusions. In: Science Digest, vol.12, no.5? November 194-2, p.51-52. Discusses the use of blood albumin for preventing and remedying shock which is the greatest menace to a wounded soldier. Concentrated blood plasma most effective for shock. In; Science News Letter, vol.4-1, no.25, p.396. Report on a speech by Dr. Virgil H. Moon, professor of pathology at Jefferson Medical College, before the American Society of Clinical Pathologists in Philadelphia. Explains blood plasma's successful fight against shock. Giant blood bank, by J. N. Miller. In; Hygela, vol.19, no.2, February 1941, p.l07~109t About the work of the American Red Cross in organizing volunteer blood donors. Handbook of the Hospital Corps United States 1939, by U.S. - Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Chap.12, section 3, Blood grouping and matching. 1939* p.856-862. 610.2-906 Contains a brief history of blood transfusion, blood classification schemas and technique of blood grouping. Life by the pint, by Quentin Reynolds. In: Collier's, vol.108, no.20, November 15, 194-1, p.l3+ Describes the work of the Soviet Central Institute of Blood Transfusion in Moscow and its Director, Andre Bogdassarov. Points out how many women give their blood as the most significant contribution they can make to save their husbands, brothers, sons, and sweethearts. The miracle of plasma, by Edith Roberts. In: Hygeia, vol.18, no. 12, December 194-0, p. 1070-1076*- Discusses the meaning, importance and use of blood plasma in the treatment of traumatic shock, the most frequent cause of death on the battlefield, and to civilians in bombed cities as well. Powdered blood plasma may replace b3,ood banks. In: Science News Letter, vol.3B, no. 16, October 19, 194-0, p.24-3• Describes the nature of the dried plasma developed by Dr. Strumia at the Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Red medicine. In; Time, vol.40, no.21, November 23, 194-2, p.70-71. Deals with new discoveries and techniques in Russian medicine in general, and discusses also the importance and effectiveness of blood plasma on the battlefront. Every Red Army nurse carries 6-£ oz. of blood, needle and filter to make a blood transfusion even before the wounded soldier is taken behind the lines. Remember Pearl Harbor! by Blake Clark. N. Y., Modern Ago Books. 1942. p.70-83. 929.2139969-243 Vivid description of the importance of blood plasma on this battlefield. Because it was available for immediate treatment of the wounded soldiers and sailors in Pearl Harbor, the death rate from burns was very low. Resuscitation; equipment, organization, training and procedures, by Great Britain - -Van office. 1941. 56p. 615.65-442 Tolls about transfusion techniques in the British Array. Written for military personnel. \ The story of plasma; blood transfusion by remote control, by John Pfeiffer. In: Harper's Magazine, vol.185, no.1109, October 1942, p.516-52:5. Reviews the story of the discovery, experiments and use of dried plasma. Describes the treatment of burns of those wounded at Pearl Harbor. Discusses the preparations of the United States Array and Navy in obtaining, storing, and using blood plasma. Technical manual on citrated human blood plasma; detailing its procurement, processing, and use, by U. S. - Office of Civilian Def ense. 1942 . 41p. This title is announced as available early in January 1943. No copies were at hand at the time this list was compiled. Technical manual on the preservation and transfusion of whole human blood, by U. S. - Office of Civilian Defense. 1942. 3lp. This title is announced as available early in January 1943* No copies were at hand at time this list was compiled. Your blood can save a soldierl by Myron Stearns. Ins Hygeia, vol.20, no.4, April 1942, p.254-256+ Popular account why transfusion is needed to save persons suffering from shock. Contains the story of sailor Frontakowski seriously injured when the American destroyer, "Kearney”, was torpedoed in the Atlantic Ocean and the miracle of his rescue by blood plasma. Tells of the life-saving factor plasma was in the Pearl Harbor disaster on December 7» 1941, when 96 out of 100 wounded were saved by this miracle. Your blood goes to war, by C. H. Ellis, Jr. and R, E. S* Thompson. In; The Saturday Evening Post, vol.214, no.44, May 2, 1942, p.26-27+ The miracle of discovery and use of the liquid, frozen, dried, and albumin plasma is told in stirring stories. Tells specifically how it was used in saving sailors who were wounded at Pearl Harbor and in the torpedoing of the "Kearney". ADDENDA Adventure in blood transfusion, by B. M. Bemheim. N.Y., Smith and Burrell. 1942, l82p, 619*65-146 Non-technical history of the discovery and use of blood transfusion. Chapters 1? and 18, pfl63-l82, indicate very briefly experience with its use in World War I and in the early days of Worid War II.