OF ONE BLOOD

JOYPEACE

It was disturbing to some people during World War II, when the blood bank was so important in saving the lives of wounded men, to read in the Journal of American Medical Association that numerous experiments had revealed that there was not even the most microscopic difference between the blood of the various races—white, black, brown, red, yellow—all had the same characteristic composition of blood. The Rockerfeller Foundation once made the following statement: “Whether we wish it or not, an indelible pattern of unity has been woven into the society of mankind. There is not an area of activity in which this cannot be illustrated: ***An American soldier wounded on a battlefield in the Far East owes his life to a Japanese scientist, who isolated the germ of tetanus（破伤风）. ***A Russian soldier saved by a blood transfusion is indebted to an Austrian. ***A German solder is shielded from typhoid fever （伤寒热）with the help of a Russian. ***A Dutch marine in the East Indies is protected from malaria （疟疾）because of the experiments of an Italian; while ***A British aviator in North Africa escapes death from a surgical infection because a Frenchman, and a German. Ideas cannot be hedged behind geographical barriers.” Likewise—some things are international--the happy smile, a helping hand, an encouraging word--these are always welcome in any language.