Blood History

  • Feb 18, 1553

    New Theory

    Michael Servetus explains his theory on how blood flows to both sides of the heart by the luncgs rather than flow throw the ventricle wall.
  • Jan Swammerdam

    First person to descibe and observe red blood cells at the age of 21.
  • Richard Lower

    First person recorded to procede a blood transfusion in animals.
  • Jean Baptiste-Denis

    Performed the first blood transfusion on a teen who was suffering from a fever.
  • Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

    Perovided a closer descriotion of red blood cells saying they were "25,000 times smaller than a grain of sand"
  • Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

    Provided a close description of the red blood cell sa
  • William Hewson

    Arrested blood clotting and got a substance from plasma isolated called "fibrogen".
  • James Blundell

    He performes the first ever human to human blood transfusion.
  • Karl Lanstiener

    Publised a report naming the different blood types A, B, and O.
  • Lanstiener

    Discovered blood type AB which causes aggulation on blood A and B.
  • Reuben Ottenberg

    Performs first transfusion using cross matching.
  • Richard Lewisohn

    Formed sodium citrate that prevents coagulation.
  • Oswald Robertson

    Stored blood trpe O using a citrate glucose solution.
  • Percy Lane Oliver

    Stated operating a blood donor servive.
  • Norman Bethune

    Organized a mobile blood service.
  • Karl Lanstiener

    Discovered the Rh blood group.
  • Edwin Cohn

    Intented a way to seperate plasmas different protiens.
  • Dr. Isidor Ravdin

    Treated victims of Pearl with albumin to increase blood volume.
  • Dr. Carl W. Walter

    Created a plastic bag used ofr storing blood.
  • Dr. Max Perutz

    Broke down the structure of hemoglobin.
  • Elliot Richardson

    Discovered a substance on the hepatitis B virus that triggers antibody production.
  • Dr. Luc Montagnier

    Researchers at his lab isolate the virus that causes AIDS.
  • Robert Gallo

    Announces the discovery of the AIDS virus called HTLV III.