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Charles Drew
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WHO WAS CHARLES DREW?
Name: Charles Richard Drew
Born: 1904
Died: 1950
Occupation: Doctor
Drew was born in Washington, D.C. His father, Richard, was a carpet layer and his mother, Nora, a teacher. Drew attended medical school at McGill University in Canada.
Charles pioneering research into blood helped save thousands of lives during World War II. He invented a means of separating plasma from blood, allowing it to be stored for up to a week. A week was far longer than had been possible at the time. Charles helped the British government establish their first national blood bank and worked briefly with the American Red Cross during World War II.
Born: 1904
Died: 1950
Occupation: Doctor
Drew was born in Washington, D.C. His father, Richard, was a carpet layer and his mother, Nora, a teacher. Drew attended medical school at McGill University in Canada.
Charles pioneering research into blood helped save thousands of lives during World War II. He invented a means of separating plasma from blood, allowing it to be stored for up to a week. A week was far longer than had been possible at the time. Charles helped the British government establish their first national blood bank and worked briefly with the American Red Cross during World War II.
In The Remarkablz Universe, Charles can control blood. This means he manipulate his own blood, or that of Others. Charles must be careful, drawing on his own blood as a weapon could lead him to loose too much blood and bleed to death
Superhero Backstory
Albert features in our card game, Black Hole. The game supports the development of maths, literacy and decision-making skills all while learning about some of the most impressive scientific discoveries throughout history. He also features in our colouring poster, Fetters Chaos.
We've explained the drawing and his playing card below so you can learn more!
We've explained the drawing and his playing card below so you can learn more!
We have packed a lot into our playing cards - from amazing imagined superpowers to hidden treasures.
CHARLES' DRAWING EXPLAINED
- The Background is Morgan State University, at the Hillen Road and East Cold Spring Lane campus. Drew spent two years as a professor of chemistry and football coach at Morgan College (now MSU).
- On Charle's superhero outfit is the logo of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (ΑΩΑ). Drew achieved membership in 1933.
- Drew was the assistant director for a pilot national blood banking program and among his innovations were mobile blood donation stations, later called 'bloodmobiles".
- All blood isn't always red. Crabs have blue blood, Earthworms have green blood and starfish have yellowish blood!
- Doctors use to use leeches for bloodletting.
- Our blood contains around gold! Around 0.2 milligrams of it.
- The word "blood" appears in every play written by Shakespeare.
Some fun facts about blood
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Who was Charles Drew?
Video Credit: CBS This Morning
What's a Doctor?
A doctor or physicians prevents, diagnoses, and treats various illnesses in order to improve a patients' health.
General Physicians (or GPs) are not specialists in a specific area, they are able to diagnose and treat general illnesses. Some of the things they do are: routine checkups, prescribing, maintain patient records, and more.
Video credit: SimplyInfo
General Physicians (or GPs) are not specialists in a specific area, they are able to diagnose and treat general illnesses. Some of the things they do are: routine checkups, prescribing, maintain patient records, and more.
Video credit: SimplyInfo
What is a Blood Transfusion?
Join Kevin from Jumo Health on his journey to learn how blood transfusions work, when they are needed and how blood donors are chosen.
Video credit: Jumo Health
Video credit: Jumo Health
Why do we have different Blood Groups?
What makes our blood groups different and why we need transfusion? Watch in this video from FreeMedEducation to find out.
"..I am blood and blood is me."
Charles Drew
Charles Drew
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Charles features in our Colouring Poster: Fetters Chaos
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