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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

Read full paper here.
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