{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsawbones.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fdr-charles-drew-and-blood-donations-Dn3a_BuA","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Dr. Charles Drew and Blood Donations","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ee8ef2f9-5bb2-4a0a-bad7-44fd3b17d53c/3c7d6aae-f46d-4881-9705-a7213fb0a05d/sawbonesalbumartrevisionsfinalresize872025.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/cff73563-4d8b-47ad-b2dc-d64e8b06aaa0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Dr. Charles Drew and Blood Donations\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"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? \n\nFor information on the blood shortage and how to donate blood: https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/dlp/red-cross-national-blood-shortage-crisis.html\n\nMusic: \"Medicines\" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/"}