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（2019•福州毕业班适应性练习）Knownas“TheManwiththeGoldenAnn”，nearlyevery

weekforthepast60years»amesHarrisonhasdonatedbloodplasma血（浆）fromhisrightarm.

Thereasonscandatebacktoaseriousmedicalprocedure.

“WhenIwas14,Ihadachestoperation,MrecallsHarrison,whoisnowaged80.“Myfather

saidIhadreceived13unitsofbloodandmylifehadbeensavedbyunknownpeople.SoIsaid

whenImoldenough,IIIbecomeablooddonor.

SoonafterHarrisonbecameadonor,doctorscalledhimin.Hisblood,theysaid,couldbethe

answertoadeadlyproblem.

“InAustralia»upuntilabout1967,therewereaboutthousandsofbabiesdyingeachyear

becauseoftherhesusdisease恒（河猴溶血病），explainsemmaFaikenmire,oftheAustralianRed

CrossBloodService.

Harrisonwasdiscoveredtohaveanunusualantibody抗（体）inhisbloodandinthe1960she

workedwithdoctorstousetheantibodiestodevelopaninjection（注射）calledAnti-Dwhichcan

preventthisdisease.

Harrisonsbloodisprecious.EverybatchofAnti-DthathaseverbeenmadeinAustraliahas

comefromHarrison,sblood.HeandAnti-Darecreditedwithsavingthelivesofmorethan2

millionbabies,accordingtotheAustralianRedCrossBloodService：Thatsabout2millionlives

savedbyonemansblood.

Harrisonisconsideredanationalhero,andhaswonnumerousawards.Hehasnowdonated

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hisplasmamorethan1,000times,butnomatte