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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-20. ONE OF THE LATTER STAGES OF PROCESSING BLOOD PLASMA INTO SERUM AT THE COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORIES, WHERE BLOOD OBTAINED FROM DONORS AT THE VARIOUS BLEEDING CENTRES IS COLLECTED AND PREPARED FOR TRANSFUSIONS. THE BOTTLE OF PLASMA, AFTER THE ADDITION OF CALCIUM CHLORIDE, IS QUICKLY PLACED ON AN INGENIOUS SHAKING MACHINE WHICH RAPIDLY SWIRLS THE CONTENTS OF THE BOTTLE IN APPROXIMATE THE MOTION PRODUCED BY THE SKILLED BIOCHEMIST WHEN HAND CO-AGULATION IS ATTEMPTED. THIS ACTION CAUSES THE FIBRIN WHICH IS FORMED DURING THE CLOTTING PROCESS TO BE WOUND AROUND THE CENTRAL TUBE IN THE BOTTLE. THE PLASMA IS THUS CONVERTED INTO SERUM.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-20. MISS M. KENNEDY OF THE COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORIES IS SEEN WITH A CONTAINER OF PLASMA FOR BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS WHICH HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE BLEEDING CENTES WHERE IT I
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-20. MISS M. KENNEDY OF THE COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORIES, AT WORK ON THE PREPARATION OF BLOOD THAT HAS BEEN DONATED AT VARIOUS BLEEDING CENTRES AND FORWARDED TO THE LABORATOR
SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-03-22. NX144907 STAFF-SERGEANT G.A. HENDY OF THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN BLOOD AND SERUM PREPARATION UNIT OPERATING A SHAKING MACHINE IN THE UNIT LABORATORY. CALCIUM CHLORIDE IS ADDED TO THE
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-20. AFTER BOTTLES CONTAINING BLOOD FOR TRANSFUSIONS HAVE BEEN RETURNED FROM THE BLEEDING CENTRES, WHERE THE BLOOD IS EXTRACTED FROM DONORS, TO THE COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORI
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-20. THIS PICTURE, TAKEN AT THE COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORIES WHERE BLOOD DONATED AT VARIOUS BLEEDING CENTRES IS COLLECTED AND PREPARED FOR TRANSFUSIONS, SHOWS FIBRIN WHICH HA
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-20. BEFORE BOTTLES TO CONTAIN DONATED BLOOD FOR BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS ARE DESPATCHED FROM THE COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORIES TO THE BLEEDING CENTRE, A CALCULATED VOLUME OF A SOLU
