When did blood donation start?
342015
donation only became possible when anti-coagulants became available around the time of the Spanish civil war. which had the first front line transfusion set up.
1086176
You replace the blood you've donated within 24 - 48 hours.\nUnless you have a condition or disease that prevents you from giving blood, you should have no problems.  Just to be sure, ask your doctor.  You are very special and are doing a wonderful service to people.
1098239
Supposedly you're infectious for up to 18 months after (but I think it's a bunch of bull...it's typically not that long).\n\nYes, you can donate blood.  I've had mono, and donate blood & platelets all the time.
591280
No.\nDonating blood is a social good and the activity makes people understand the nature of social goods.
1013642
Yes, there is a blood shortage in Las Vegas right now, and later on this afternoon, I am going to help out.  I am going to donate!
309836
Currently, it is not legal in this country. Plasma, yes, but whole blood, no. That is why we have so many blood banks around the country that count on their donors to keep up the supply.\n\nAnd for the benefit of hot sing, as a Mason I served for several years as a chairman of our blood bank. The ONLY income to a non-profit bank is from the sale of whole blood, serums and donations. The expenses are very high.
105605
Blood typing was an originally invented by the Humphrey typewriter company in 1913. However it was quickly replaced with the standard ink typing that is most common today.
1021827
began experimentally in 1862. it was inaugurated in 1864.
562234
Im a BLOOD !!!\nkeep in on the b life baby !!!
41495
Donating blood may reduce risk for heart disease, and stimulates the generation of red blood cells. In patients prone to iron overload (e.g. due to hemochromatosis), blood donation prevents the accumulation of iron.\n\nAnecdotally, elderly people in good health have reported feeling invigorated by giving blood on a regular \n\nYou'll have  most happiness that you helped someone.
635081
"Donor" is refers to one who donates. If they want to charge they should call it blood selling. They do pay you when you give plasma, which is in your blood. But they don't call it donating, they call it giving. And in return you receive compensation. I'm sure if sociaty gets desperate and people become more stingy, they may start to pay for blood "donations".
993801
Yes, but I haven't donated in years.  Last time I went in I was anemic, and then I was pregnant, and now with a 5 month old I haven't had time.  I love to donate blood, there is nothing better than knowing that with a little needle prick you could save someones life.
561843
The most interesting question of the day, so I had to do some research. While I thought it was impossible because of the antigens present in blood types, this article seems to indicate that it can be done. That sure will relieve blood supply issues.
1033669
In the 1st link below, it is reported that, although, the earliest reported case of AIDS was in 1959-this individual being a seaman from Manchester, England,...that also in 1959 (in regards to your question) scientists found HIV virus in the blood sample taken from a member of the Bantu tribe in Kinshasa of what was then the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of Congo).\nI was unable to find any information on a monkey's blood getting into one's bloodstream through an open wound, however, it is believed by many scientists that the virus spread to humans through the infected meat of monkeys.  I guess you could say, monkey's are a staple in Africa, just as beef, chicken, pork, etc., is to us in the U.S.\nYou may find all four links below of interest.\nThere are actually many, many, MANY sites available that are equally interesting, as well as enlightening.
622609
The first documented case was in 1959 in the Congo, the only reason we even know is that the man was sick and they took and froze his blood. The linked article is fairly recent and explains the origins of HIV and the method they used to find it.
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"If you had hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) caused by a virus, or unexplained jaundice (yellow discoloration of the skin), since age 11, you are not eligible to donate blood. This includes those who had hepatitis with Cytomegalovirus (CMV), or Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), the virus that causes Mononucleosis. \n\nAcceptable if you had jaundice or hepatitis caused by something other than a viral infection, for example: medications, Gilbert's disease, bile duct obstruction, alcohol, gallstones or trauma to the liver. \n\nIf you ever tested positive for hepatitis B or hepatitis C , at any age, you are not eligible to donate, even if you were never sick or jaundiced from the infection."\n\nhttp://www.redcross.org/services/biomed/0,1082,0_557_,00.html
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Don't lie and give blood any ways.  \nIf you feel like doing something offer to help pour juice and pass out cookies to the people who just donated.\n\nIt says right on the pamplet were your gona give blood the feeling after you've given blood. " Symptoms "\nIt's been a while since I've given giveing blood doesn't realy do much to you realy.\nBut if they say you have to be a certian weight you should do what you say.\nI'm sure thare is a good reason.