The milkman Vicente Gomes thanks Saint Pancras with this retablo for the big favor he asked for—to be able to overcome his addiction to a client who always paid him with sex.
This illustration shows a novel way of transfusing blood from one person to another, in 1865. The kit, prepared by Dr. Aveling, consists of atrocarto pierce the veins of both patients, and a cannula, to transfer the blood. The cannula has a bloat in the center, which can be squeezed while the device is underwater, to remove all air bubbles. The higher blood pressure of the donor is how the blood is transferred.
At this point in time, blood typeswere unknown. However, in 1818, Dr. James Blundell performed the first successful series of transfusions between post-delivery women suffering from blood loss, and their husbands. Five of the ten patients survived (as would be expected, given England’s blood type ratios), and husband-to-wife transfusions became relatively commonplace among stable-but-critical hemorrhage patients.
It took another century to establish and incorporate blood typing into transfusion science.
Catalogue and report of obstetrical and other instruments. 1867, Royal College of Physicians.
Transfusion
This illustration shows a novel way of transfusing blood from one person to another, in 1865. The kit, prepared by Dr. Aveling, consists of atrocarto pierce the veins of both patients, and a cannula, to transfer the blood. The cannula has a bloat in the center, which can be squeezed while the device is underwater, to remove all air bubbles. The higher blood pressure of the donor is how the blood is transferred.
Ahmet Ali Çelikten’s grandmother came to the Ottoman Empire as a Nigerian slave. During World War I, her grandson joined the Ottoman Aviation Squadrons. He received his “wings” in 1914, making him probably the first black military pilot in history. After World War I, he went on to fly for Turkey during its war of independence.
Ahmet Ali Çelikten’s grandmother came to the Ottoman Empire as a Nigerian slave. During World War I, her grandson joined the Ottoman Aviation Squadrons. He received his “wings” in 1914, making him probably the first black military pilot in history. After World War I, he went on to fly for Turkey during its war of independence.
May 25 1918, Moscow–The Bolsheviks’ distrust of the Czech Legion had been growing for months; they were a well-armed, pro-Allied group slowly spreading their way over Russia’s railroads to the east. After the Czechs took over Chelyabinsk on May 14 following clashes with former Hungarian PoWs and the local Soviet, the Bolsheviks decided to attempt to take care of the problem permanently. On May 25, Trotsky ordered that “Every armed Czechoslovak found on the railway is to be shot on the spot.” This opened what amounted to a war between the Bolsheviks and the Czech Legion, and it was not one the Bolsheviks were well-prepared to fight; their power in the east of Russia thin, at best. Over the following days, the Czechs quickly seized control of multiple cities: Penza, Vladivostok, and Tomsk, among others, followed by Omsk in early June; Bolshevik power in much of Siberia quickly evaporated.
Sources include: Orlando Figes, A People’s Tragedy; Evan Mawdsley, The Russian Civil War.
Czech Legion in Vladivostok
May 25 1918, Moscow–The Bolsheviks’ distrust of the Czech Legion had been growing for months; they were a well-armed, pro-Allied group slowly spreading their way over Russia’s railroads to the east. After the Czechs took over Chelyabinsk on May 14 following clashes with former Hungarian PoWs and the local Soviet, the Bolsheviks decided to attempt to take care of the problem permanently. On May 25, Trotsky ordered that “Every armed Czechoslovak found on the railway is to be shot on the spot.” This opened what amounted to a war between the Bolsheviks and the Czech Legion, and it was not one the Bolsheviks were well-prepared to fight; their power in the east of Russia thin, at best. Over the following days, the Czechs quickly seized control of multiple cities: Penza, Vladivostok, and Tomsk, among others, followed by Omsk in early June; Bolshevik power in much of Siberia quickly evaporated.
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