Australian James Harrison retired as a blood donor at age 77, after 1,173 donations, a Guinness world record. He’s credited with saving the lives of over 2.4 million babies. Known as the Man With The Golden Arm, James’s blood produces a rare antibody which cures the otherwise fatal Rhesus disease in unborn children. His blood has also been used in the development of a medicine, known as anti-D, which, it is hoped, will banish the Rhesus disease in children forever. Read Who Cares? about the struggle for dignity at “a lively place where old people go to die.” Learn more about the book and its characters, aged 9-90, in NOVELS.
James Harrison, Man with the Golden Arm, blood donor to millions
Woodruff Home for the Aged, a lively place where old people go to die
