Blood History

  • 130CE-200CE

    Claudius Galenus a physcian who disected and experimented on animals discovered arteries contain blood and that blood forms in the liver and travels to all parts of the body through the viens.
  • mid 1200s

    physician eminent cario and the author Ibnal-Natis discover something new about blood. That flow of blood is to and from the lungs.
  • 1553

    spanish physician and theologian Micheal Servetus stated blood travels to one side of the heart to the other side from the lungs
  • 1628

    British Physcian William Harvery publishes a book. In the book he explains blood circulates within the body and is bumped by the heart
  • 1658

    21 Jan swammerdam became the first person to describe red blood cells
  • 1661

    Italian antomist discovers capillary system. this is a function of vine vessels that connect arteries and the viens
  • 1674

    Antori Van Leeuwennoek, provides a discription of blood cells to be 25,000 times smaller than a fine grand of sand
  • 1901

    Austrain Physcian karlandstiener discovered the three main blood groups A,B,and C.
  • 1902

    a fourth blood group AB is identified by Dr.Landstiners wileagues Alfredvo Recastello and Adrian Sturll
  • 1907

    Rueben Ottenkerg does the first successful transfusion using cross matching
  • 1917

    Dr Oswald Robertson collacts and stores type O blood
  • 1922

    Percy Lane Olive begins operating a blood donor service. They go to any hospital and give blood, they are tested for diease, blood tyoe and are entered in phone log if anyone is in need of blood
  • 1935

    a group of anetologists at the mayoclinic are the first to begin storing blood and utilizing it for transfusions
  • 1939-40

    Ers. Philip Levine and RE Stenson uncover an antibody in blood of a woman who given birth to a still born
  • 1941

    in January The U.S army and Navy agrees to organize a avillan blood donor service
  • 1937

    Dr. Bernard Fartus started a blood bank at cook country hospital in chicago
  • 1947

    community blood banks come together and set up the American Association of blood banks
  • 1939-1940

    Drs.Philip Levine and RE stenson uncover an antibody in blood of a woman who given birth to a stillborn
  • 1941

    in January the U.S. army and Navy agrees to organize a avillan blood donor srevice
  • 1947

    community blood banks come together and set up the American Association of blood banks
  • 1981

    the first case of syndrome orginally known as GBID and later learned AIDS
  • 1982

    Dr.Bruce Evatt suspects the syndrome can be blood borne
  • 1985

    after dozens are infected from blood transfusions blood screening test to detect presence was done on March 2