Peo­ple Who Should Have Been Fa­mous: Dr. Charles Richard Drew

Wel­come to the sec­ond in­stall­ment of Peo­ple Who Should Have Been Fa­mous! This episode we will be dis­cussing Dr Charles Richard Drew, who is the rea­son we are able to have blood trans­fu­sions.

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