The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-19. SCENE IN THE SERUM PRODUCTION UNIT OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY'S BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE. THIS SERVICE WHICH HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR CIVILIAN NEEDS SINCE 1929, WAS EXPANDED IN 1939 TO INCLUDE A WAR-TIME SERVICE. AT THIS BLOOD COLLECTING CENTRE, GENEROUS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC REGULARLY DONATE THEIR BLOOD. HERE WE SEE MR ARTHUR POULTON WITH THE BLEEDING APPARATUS ATTACHED TO HIS ARM. THE NEEDLE IS RETAINED IN POSITION BY STICKING PLASTER WHILE A MEMBER FROM THE VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT MISS A. LEACOCK, AGITATES THE BOTTLE CONTINUOUSLY SO THAT THE BLOOD MAY BE THOROUGHLY MIXED WITH OXALATE TO PREVENT CLOTTING.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-19. CAPTAIN MARY C. IRVINE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS IS SEEN ATTACHING THE BLEEDING APPARATUS TO THE ARM OF MR ARTHUR POULTON AT THE SERUM PRODUCTION UNIT OF THE AUS
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-19. THE REST ROOM AT THE SERUM PRODUCTION UNIT OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY'S BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE. THIS ROOM, LIKE ALL OTHER ROOMS IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT, IS FULLY
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-19. SCENE IN THE SERUM PRODUCTION UNIT OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY'S BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE. AFTER THE BLEEDING, THE DONORS ARE GIVEN COFFEE AND BISCUITS AND FOR TEN
VICTORIA. 1944-02-29. MISS M. BICK M.SC., IN CHARGE OF SERUM PREPARATIONS AT THE BLOOD BANK OF AUSTRALIA RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE, HANDING A BOTTLE OF SERUM TO A VOLUNTEER WORKER.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-19. V147227 CAPTAIN MARY C. IRVINE (LEFT) OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE SERUM PRODUCTION UNIT OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY'S BLOOD TRANSFU
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-19. MRS E. WILSON OF THE VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY IS SEEN IN THE SOCIETY'S BLOOD TRANSFUSION DEPARTMENT, MEASURING THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD TAKEN
