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2500 BCE
Egyptians
Egyptians use blood letting -
500 BCE
Greeks
Greeks recognized arteries and veins -
1600s
Anton van Leeuwenhoek establishes blood cells exist -
1700s
First successful blood transfusion -
3 Blood Types
Karl Landsteiner discovers blood types A, B, and O -
4th Blood Type
Alfred Decastello discovered blood type AB -
Donating Blood
Percy Oliver created the first blood donor service -
Storing Blood
Mayo Clinic found a method for storing blood meant for transfusions -
Blood Banks
Dr. Bernard Fantus founded the first blood bank -
+ and - Blood
Karl Landsteiner found the Rh protein (what makes blood + and -) -
AIDS
The first case of AIDS was recorded in the Congo, Africa -
Virus = AIDS
Robert Gallo locates the virus that creates AIDS -
ELISA
ELISA test was created to screen for diseases like HIV -
Blood Screening Tests
More blood-screening tests were developed to catch infectious diseases
