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Show Students May Aid Blood Bank Students who are sixteen years or over, if they wish to, may donate blood to the Blood Bank. The address of this society is 115 South Main in this city. For more information, infor-mation, you may call 5-7491, or get In toucn with the American Red Cross. Many of you are asking, "What is a blood test like?" A blood test is an experiment which determines the type of blood the donor possesses. A Wasserman test is given to detect de-tect any disease which may be present in the blood. The donor may possess type 2 or 4, . which are very common; or, they may possess pos-sess types 1 or 3, which are of a rare nature. The needle is inserted in the vein at the inside bend of the arm, and the donor pumps j his hand until one pint of blood is obtained. The blood passes into a self-sealing beaker which is placed in the blood bank. In the past, 21 days was the time limit of keeping the blood, but a scientific development has made it possible for the blood to be made into a dry plasma that can be kept easily. j As a rule, the donor feels no ill effects, but he cannot donate any more blood until 60 days have passed. Will you help save the lives of our fighting; fight-ing; men? |