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Charles Richard Drew (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950) was an American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II.
John Scudder (1900 – December 1976) was an American medical doctor and blood transfusion specialist who developed the Plasma for Britain program during the early years of World War II. He recruited Charles Drew to help develop the organization and its processes to get the plasma supply project operational. Their work was estimated to have ...
Notable past and present Charles R. Drew University faculty members include Patricia Bath, an ophthalmologist and the first black female doctor to receive a medical patent, for inventing a laser treatment for cataracts [60] and Deborah Prothrow-Stith, a pioneer in addressing youth violence as a public health issue and the first woman ...
The Charles Richard Drew House is a historic house at 2505 1st Street in Arlington, Virginia. A vernacular early 20th-century dwelling, it is of national significance as the home from 1920 to 1939 of Charles Richard Drew (1904–50), an African-American physician whose leadership on stockpiling of blood plasma saved lives during World War II .
A new three-part true crime docuseries on Peacock explores the twisted mind of Charles Manson, a career criminal who spent over half his life in prison before masterminding one of the most ...
Hawkeye writes another letter home to his father, detailing some of the recent events at the 4077th: amongst the latest batch of wounded is a soldier with a live grenade shot into his body, and Sergeant Condon, who reminds the doctors to give him the "right color" blood. Hawkeye, Trapper and Ginger decide to teach Condon a lesson on racism.
Manson spent more than 45 years in prison after he was convicted of directing his “Manson Family” clan of troubled, mostly female followers to kill at least seven people in California in the ...
Charles Manson claimed he was "involved in a couple of killings" before the 1969 murders for which he is known. (Associated Press) Charles Manson may have killed people even before assembling his ...