title: Arnault Tzanck (1886-1954), founder of the first blood centre worldwide.
abstract: Arnault Tzanck was at the origins of French transfusion and the founder of the first blood centre worldwide. This article retraces his career and personal itinerary and that path which led him to give his build the country's first organized and modern blood transfusion structure.
authors.affiliation: Paris "Descartes" University, and the National Blood Transfusion Institute, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Jacques
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lefrère
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Berche
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005602:France; D006405:Hematology / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans
keywords: Arnault Tzanck; blood centre; pioneer; transfusion