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{{quote|''"Yet who would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him?"''|'''[[Lady Macbeth]]''', ''[[Macbeth (Theatre)|Macbeth]]''}}

 

The average adult male human body contains roughly five liters of blood (blood volume is proportional to body size). When donating whole blood, 450-500ml is normally taken, which produces feelings of fatigue and weakness for a while, and you must wait 56 days before doing it again. Red blood cells do not regenerate all that fast; that's why we have transfusions. While people can survive losing quite a bit of blood provided they get prompt medical attention, after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exsanguination losing 40% or more] death is pretty much guaranteed.

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