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. AFTER THE BLEEDING, THE DONORS ARE GIVEN COFFEE AND BISCUITS AND FOR TEN MINUTES AFTER THE FINISH OF THE PROCESS, REMAIN IN BED AND ARE GRADUALLY RAISED INTO A SITTING POSITION, AFTER WHICH THEY REST IN THE REST ROOM FOR 20 MINUTES BEFORE LEAVING THE ESTABLISHMENT. HERE WE SEE MISS JOAN BOTTOMLEY ENJOYING A REFRESHING CUP OF COFFEE AFTER THE BLEEDING OPERATION. IF DONORS ARRIVE AFTER 11 A.M. OR 4 P.M., THEY ARE GIVEN COFFEE BEFORE AS WELL AS AFTER TRANSFUSION.
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. 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. 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
Glass bottle with a wax-sealed metal screw cap. A paper label glued to bottle reads: 'DRIED POOLED HUMAN SERUM FOR TRANSFUSION. Volume: 400 cc. Prepared from blood given by donors of the AUSTRALIAN RE
Glass bottle with a wax-sealed metal screw cap. The paper label glued to bottle has some silverfish damage, but the legible text reads: 'DRIED POOLED HUMAN SERUM FOR TRANSFUSION. Volume: 400 cc. Prepa
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,
