Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Dr. Charles Drew and Blood Donations (2022x403)

Air date: Feb 22, 2022

In a Sawbones rarity, we’re talking about someone who contributed positively to the medical field. Very positively. Dr. Charles Drew, the first Black person to get a doctorate from Columbia University, was also the person to discover a better method for preserving blood for use in transfusions. And we’re glad he did, because did you know there’s a national blood shortage?