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130
130 CE- 200 CE
Galen is one of the most known physicians in history because he explains that arteries contain blood. Also specifies that arteries and veins are different. -
350
350 BCE
An enlightned thinker, Aristotle, does many disections of different animals. He came up with the idea that the heart is the central organ of the body. -
500
500 BCE
Alconaeon of Croton, discovers that there is a difference between arteries and veins. -
Feb 14, 1200
mid-1200s
Eminent Cario is a physician and an author. He describes the blood flow to and from the lungs. -
1603
Fabricus an anatomist, publishes the drawings he did on valves in the veins which became the first drawing of the valves. -
1628
British physician, William Harvey also drew a picture called, "Anatomical treatise on the movement of the heart and blood in animals" The picture explains that blood flows through the whole body and pumps through the heart. -
1658
Jan Swawmmer Dam is said to be the first person to observe and describe RBC's. -
1661
Marcello Malpighi, itatalian anatomist looks closely at the capillary system only to discover the works of the vessels that connect with the arteries and veins. -
1771
Anatomist, William Hewson researches blood coagulation and uncovers more information about clotting and isolation of a substance due to plasma. The processbecame knownas "fibrogen". -
1795
Phillip Syng Physick performs the first human-to-human blood transfusion but was never recorded. -
1818
British obestetrician and physiologist, James Blundell is the first recored human-to-human blood transfusion. -
1874
Sir William Osler find cell fragments located in bone marrow, which soon became called platelets. -
1901
Karl Landstenier creates three human blood groups which consist of A, B, and O. -
1902
Alfred Von Becastello and Adriano Sturli find another blood type to add to the group. The 4th group in AB -
1907
Dr. Ludvig checks the blood of donors and checkscross matching for transfusions. This proceedure becomes very helpful throughout the years. -
1914
Scientists Albert Hustin and Luis Agote come up with a method of placing sodium citrate to the blood to prevent cloggage. -
1915
Dr. Richard Lewersohn creates a concentration of sodium citrate mixed with blood to prevent coagulation. -
1916
J.R. Turner creates a solution that lets blood be stored for a few weeks and allows it still to be used for transfusion. -
1917
Dr. Oswald Robertson creates the first blood depot. -
1922
Percy lane Oliver operates a blood doner service within his own home and gets the help from volunteers to be placed on call for twenty-four hours incase blood is needed. -
1930
Dr. Serge Yudin was the first to test transfusion to human with cadaver blood. Also, the soviets are the first to create a networkin which they store blood fur transfusions. -
1935
Mayo Clinic established in the U.S. and was the first to store citrated blood. -
1937
Dr. Bernard Fantus creates the term "blood bank" in replacement of blood donation. -
1939
A doctor discovers an unknown anti-body found in a woman who gave birthto a stillborne. -
1940
Dr. Charles Drew develops an idea to preserve blood plasma which can be used for the whole body. -
1941
Red cross organizes a civilian blood donor to collect blood plasma for those at war. -
1947
With the civilian blood donor inplay, national blood banks form together to create a network of blood banks. -
1948
Dr. Carl Walter creates a plastic bag to collect blood. -
1959
Dr. Max Perutz ddepicts the structure of hemoglobin which is the protein within the RBC's that carries oxygen. -
1965
Dr.Judith Pool found cryo which has a greater clotting power than plasma. -
1969
Dr. Kenneth and Edward Shambrom discovered large quantities of plasma that create cryo. -
1981
The disease founded among mostly gay men (GRID) is founded. -
1982
Dr. Bruce Evatt beieves thast the disease GRID is blood borne -
1983
Researchers confront the virus that causes AIDS -
1984
Robert Gallo discovers the virus that causes AIDS.