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This section contains articles related to the history of transfusion that have been previously published in the BBTS Newsletter/Bloodlines.
This article was originally published in BBTS Newsletter number 7 (August 1985) as a 'Feature Article' and as such was untitled. It briefly identifies some of the milestones in the history of transfusion.
This article documents the changes that occurred prior to 1993 that moved regionally managed 'independent' Blood Centres into a nationally managed service via the creation of the National Blood Authority in 1992. Dr Gunson was the first Medical Director of the National Blood Authority. The article was originally published in BBTS Newsletter number 30 (August 1993).
This article was published as part of special '50th Anniversary Special Souvenir Edition' to mark the 50th Anniversary of the England and Wales Blood Transfusion Services. It documents some of the history of and work performed by the IBGRL. The article was originally published in BBTS Newsletter number 40 (June 1996).
This article was published as part of special '50th Anniversary Special Souvenir Edition' to mark the 50th Anniversary of the England and Wales Blood Transfusion Services. It documents some of the history of and work performed by the Blood Group Research Unit (later called the Blood Group Unit) that opened in 1946 at the Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine. The article was originally published in BBTS Newsletter number 40 (June 1996).
This article was published as part of special '50th Anniversary Special Souvenir Edition' to mark the 50th Anniversary of the England and Wales Blood Transfusion Services. It documents aspects of establishment and reforms to the NHS and changes associated with Regional Transfusion Centres, the 'National Blood Transfusion Service' and the development of transfusion standards. The article was originally published in BBTS Newsletter number 40 (June 1996).
As well as identifying the discovery of the ABO system and its nomenclature variations, this article documents other important scientific and medical discoveries that occurred around that same time period. The article was originally published in BBTS Newsletter number 48 (August 1998).
On 4th March 1998 the then editor of BBTS newsletter (Dr Frank Boulton) visited Professor 'Pat' Mollison at this home in London, to interview one of the undisputed researchers and contributors to the field of Transfusion Science and Medicine who sadly died on 26th November 2011. The article was originally published in BBTS Newsletter number 49 (Summer 1998).
On 10th December 1998 the then editor of BBTS newsletter (Dr Frank Boulton) visited Dr Winifred Watkins and Professor Walter Morgan in London, for the second in a series of interviews with notable British contributors to the field of Transfusion Science and Medicine. The article provides an insight into their early work on ABH carbohydrate chemistry - it was originally published in BBTS Newsletter number 52 (May 1999).
This article provides an insight into the groundbreaking work of Professor Sir Cyril Clarke (the first recipient of the BBTS James Blundell Award in 1984) and the 'Liverpool Group'. Written by Dr Martlew, Royal Liverpool Hospital, the article was originally published in BBTS Newsletter number 53 (August 1999).
An article originally published in BBTS Newsletter number 55 (February 2000) to mark the 100th anniversary of the first announcement by Landsteiner, intimating his great discovery of the ABO blood group system.
The pioneering work on genetic by Gregor Mendel remained unrecognised until after his death in 1882. This article documents the simultaneous and remarkable re-discovery of Mendal's work in 1900 by three 'independent' workers. The article was originally published in BBTS Newsletter number 58 (November 2000).
As well as information about the discovery of the ABO Blood Group System this article provides an insight into the early life of Karl Landsteiner and details some of his later work. The article was originally published in BBTS Newsletter number 59 (February 2001).
As the title identifies this article documents Geoffrey Keynes involvement in some of the early blood transfusion as well as his early life and contemporaries. The article was originally published in BBTS Newsletter number 65 (June 2002).
This article provides an insight into the work and times of the double Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling (1901-1994), his involvement in antibody specificity and reactivity. The article was originally published in BBTS Newsletter number 78 (October 2005).
This short article documents information relating to the collection named after Dr Jean Harrison and Mr Pater Howell, who put together a collection of transfusion memorabilia following the anniversary display at Lancaster ASM Meeting of 1996 that marked the 50th NBS/NHSBT Anniversary, which was placed on permanent loan with the Wellcome Library, London. The article was originally published in BBTS Newsletter number 78 (October 2005).
The article is as the name suggests a personal nurse's viewpoint of blood transfusion by a senior nurse in adult intensive care. The article was originally published in BBTS Newsletter number 89 (August 2008).
An article that takes an interesting view of the 'zero risk' attitude towards transfusion and disease transmission related to the rise in the attitude of 'absolutism'. The article was originally published in BBTS Newsletter number 89 (August 2008).
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