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Photograph album of the Emergency Blood Transfusion Service in Slough

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MS. 13145
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Album of photographs of the Emergency Blood Transfusion Service at the Social Centre in Slough during World War II. The photographs include donors giving blood, staff sterlizing bottles and preparing serum, and vans delivering the blood to hospitals. Photographs show the mobile unit operating in the Hall at Hambledon, Lord Hambledon giving blood and Princess Marina accompanied by Dame Janet Vaughan visiting the Service.

With modern negatives and print of the photograph of Princess Marina and Dame Janet Vaughan.

Dates

  • Creation: 1940-1942, n.d.

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 13145].

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Shelfmark:

MS. 13145

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 13145

Abstract

Photograph album of the Emergency Blood Transfusion Service in Slough.

Biographical / Historical

Dame Janet Vaughan (1899-1983) was a haematologist and radiobiologist. She ran the blood transfusion service at Hammersmith Hospital before the Second World War and planned the national transfusion service. For further information see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred to Bodleian Special Collections in 2018 from the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine Library, University of Oxford.

Title
Catalogue of a Photograph Album of the Emergency Blood Transfusion Service in Slough
Status
Published
Author
Lucy McCann
Date
2024
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Edition statement
First edition.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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