Blood

By jonathand97

  • fabricius publishes his findings on vein valves

    anatomist from padau draws vein valves

  • william harvey publishes his masterpiece

    blood flows through the whole body, this can be proved by the veins visible on the surface of the skin.

  • 21 year old microscopist finds red blood cells

    describes her findings on red blood cells

  • marcello malphigi uses rudimentary microscope

    observes the capillary network, fine vesels that connect veins and arteries

  • richard lower

    first recorded blood transfusion among animals, switches jugular vein from one dog to the other to keep it living

  • jean-baptiste denis

    transfuses nine ounces of lambs blood to a young boy with a fever, the procedure works

  • richard lower and edmund king

    transfuse arthur coga with several ounces of sheeps blood, patient survives and recovers well

  • ban of transfusions

    dr. denis sues antoine mauroy for slandering his reputation, the case gets all transfusions including humans banned.

  • description of red blood cells

    anton von leeuwenhoek describes red blood cells as "25,000 times smaller than a grain of sand."

  • william hewson details blood coagulation

    finds fibrogen, a key piece in the clotting process

  • james blundell performs first recorded human transfusion

    injects a patient suffering from internal bleeding with blood from several donors

  • sir william osler finds platelets

    small cell fragments from bone marrow create most of the clots in blood vessels

  • karl landsteiner

    publishes a paper stating that he has found the three major blood types in humans

  • dr. ludvig hektoen

    proposes that doctors should look for signs of incompatibility before transfusions

  • dr. reuben ottenberg

    performs the first transfusion using cross matching, in 128 cases it works, basicaly eliminating transfusion reactions

  • in brussels and buenos aires

    researchers find that adding sodium citrate prevents clotting in the blood

  • dr. richard weil

    states that citrated blood can be stored for a few days and still be successfully transfused

  • dr oswald robertson

    collects and stores type O blood with citrate-glucose solution, basically creating the first blood depot

  • percy lane oliver in london

    creates a blood donor service out of his home, 24 hours, volunteers travel to hospitals to donate blood as the need arises

  • in rochester minnesota

    group of anesthesiologists create a depot of citrated blood and use it in hospitals in the U.S.

  • federico duran-jorda

    collects blood, tests it, and transports it by vehicles with refrigerators to hospitals during the spanish civil war

  • dr. charles drew

    seperate and reserve blood plasma, which is found out to be a working substitution for actual blood.

  • civilian blood donor service

    red cross collects over 13 million units of blood over the duration of world war II

  • dr. isidor ravdin

    successfully treats victims of peral harbor with albumin to increase blood volume, which means doctors dont have to transfuse as much stored blood

  • american association of blood banks

    independent blood banks join together to form a national network of blood banks