The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-28. EXTRACTING BLOOD FROM A RED CROSS DONOR AT THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY BLOOD BANK AT THE OLD ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL. DR. D. CUMING (CENTRE) IS MARKING THE SKIN OF THE DONOR, MISS M. CRAWFORD, PREPARATORY TO INSERTING THE NEEDLE THROUGH WHICH THE DONOR IS BLED. MRS. M. JACKSON, A TRAINED RED CROSS AIDE IS HOLDING THE SOLUVAC STERILE BOTTLE INTO WHICH THE BLOOD IS RUN.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-28. EXTRACTING BLOOD FROM A RED CROSS DONOR AT THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY BLOOD BANK AT THE OLD ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL. DR. P. CUMING (TOP RIGHT) IS SEEN INSERTING THE
MAJOR P.H. GREENWELL, (1), AT 1 BLOOD TRANSFUSION UNIT INSERTING A BORE NEEDLE INTO A VEIN, DURING THE TAKING OF BLOOD FROM TROOPER G.C. RIDER, (3), WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF PRIVATE V.D. HOBBS, (2), WHO
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
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. 1943-05-25. BLOOD TESTING AND GROUPING SECTION OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY AT THE WALTER AND ELIZA HALL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL. MISS JUNE MCNALLY, LAB
Glass transfusion flask with capacity of 1000 ml marked in gradations of 200 mils down one side. Clamped to the base is a swivel wire handle. Contained within the neck of the bottle is a rubber stoppe