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Albert Hustin

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Name
  
Albert Hustin


Role
  
Medical doctor

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Died
  
1967, City of Brussels, Belgium

Albert Hustin (1882-1967) was a Belgian medical doctor.

Hustin was born in Ethe. He was the first person to successfully practice non-direct blood transfusions with sodium citrate used as an anticoagulant. He added sodium citrate and glucose to the blood to preserve it, and stop it from clotting.

References

Albert Hustin Wikipedia