"I GIVE MY BLOOD."
A wounded man in the hospital of the Grand Hotel, Paris, was going to I ? operated upon, but he was so feeble that the surgeon hesitated, saying, "If only some one would render to him some blood." "If only that is ncc«asary here I am," replied a wounded soldier—a Breton. Tne transfusion took place. The staff of'the hospital moved by the devotion of this man. whom they knew to bo vty poor, tfot up a subscription, seeking discreetly here and there, and colli-.•:■■.! five hundred francs, which they ivern delighted to offer him. Approaching his hed one day a member of the staff spoke of the services rendered, thanked him. and offered him the money, and this was his -response: "No, no; I give.my blood.— I da not sell it."
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 205, 11 May 1915, Page 4
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134"I GIVE MY BLOOD." Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 205, 11 May 1915, Page 4
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