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New Machine Take Blood Directly from Veins for Red Cross - Southbridge, Mass. - (UP) - A new miracle machine that takes blood directly from your veins for the Red Cross was announced today by the American Optical Company.
Thursday, July 26, 1951
The machine is the culmination of years of work at Harvard in splitting blood to make plasma and many medical remedies. Harvard last Fall built a trailer truck, carrying large blood-splitting machines and called the bloodmobile. It was designed to travel around the country.
The new machine is a small 150-pound stainless steel box and it does everything the many tons did. And does the blood-splitting jobs quicker, cheaper, and better.
The designer is Charles A. Ellis, American Optical Engineer...
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