Illustration of a principle

A new member of the family provides a blood sample

This member of our beezle family has an official birthday of 25 Dec 2009. Here, he is illustrating (approximately) the use of the 'butterfly' device to deliver blood, as discussed in Amro's contribution from yesterday.

The major 'approximation' is that the correct interface is missing at the Vacutainer® end. Another, probably noted by hypothetical viewers, is that this animal's blood is notably deficient in haemoglobin.

Please note: No animals were harmed in the making of this photograph.