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As recently as 1998 two officials from the Watchtower Society?s ?Hospital Information Services? wrote that Jehovah's Witnesses ?do not accept hemoglobin which is a major part of red blood cells.... Jehovah?s Witnesses do not accept a blood substitute which uses hemoglobin taken from a human or animal source." Bailey R, Ariga T. The view of Jehovah's Witnesses on blood substitutes. Artif Cells Blood Substit Immobil Biotechnol 1998;26:571-576. |