Let’s start out with the weird

• Drinking blood = strong taboo in most cultures

– Except blood sausage & blood pudding both of which
are traditional dishes in other countries
• It’s one of the rules we kept from the Jewish
tradition.
• Is there an evolutionary undercurrent that these
rules exist to prevent disease transmission?
• What about nosebleeds/rare steak?
• You can drink a pint of blood before you get sick,
says Tyler Durden
Medicinal Leeches Removing Clots
 The ABO Blood grizzoup
Type O Type A Type B Type AB

Genotypes Ii I A I A, I A i IB I B , IB i IA I B

RBC Antigen None A B A, B

Plasma Anti-A, Anti-B Anti-A None

Antibody Anti-B

Compatable O O,A O,B O,A,B, AB

Donors
 Can Can
ABO Percent of
DONATE RECEIVE Possible
Blood General
Red Cells Red Cells Genotypes
Type Population
To: From:

All
O 6.5% Types
(universal
donor)
O ii ii

A 34.3% A, AB A, O
AA or
Ai
IAIA or
IA i

B 1.7% B, AB B, O
BB or
Bi
IBIB or
IBi

All
AB
4.3% Types
AB AB IAIB
(universal
recipient)