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William Aird: Medicine In The Trenches
Nov 4, 2025, 09:18

William Aird: Medicine In The Trenches

William Aird, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, posted on X:

“MEDICINE IN THE TRENCHES

A soldier, a surgeon, and a battlefield. I drafted this essay years ago about the moment blood transfusion was born in the trenches of World War I, and recently decided to revisit and complete it for The Blood Project:”

Title: Blood and War: The Story of Transfusion’s Birth on the Battlefield

Authors: William Aird

William Aird: Medicine In The Trenches

Read full paper here.

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