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Jan 1, 1250
Pulmonary Circulation
Physcian and author Ibn al-Nafis discovered and also described pulmonary circulation. (blood flow in and from lungs.) -
Jan 1, 1555
Critizing Galen
Andreas Vesalius critizes Galen on his second his second edition anatomy book "De Fabrica". -
Vein Valves
"On the Valves of Veins" was publised by anatomist Fabricius. It gives you the first drawings of vein valves. -
First Person to look at Red Blood Cells
Microscopist Jan Swammerdam is said to be the first person to look at red blood cells. -
Capillary System
Marcello Malpighi an Italian antomonist looks at the capillary system using a rudimentary microscope. -
First Blood Transfusion
First person to achieve a blood transfusion on a living thing is Richard Lower. He used a dog he bled, and connected his jugular vein to the neck artery of a second dog, resuscitating the first dog. -
Percise Measurement of Red Blood Cells.
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek comes up with a percise size of a red blood cell saying "25,000 times smaller than a fine grain of sand." -
First Recorded Human-to-Human Blood Transfusion
James Blundell injects 12-14 ounces of blood into a patient with internal bleeding. The patient died once it showed improvement but the transfusion is the first recorded human-to-human blood transfusion. -
First Human-to-Human Blood Transfusion
Philip Syng Physick was said to be the first person to perform a human-to-human blood transfusion. Only a footnote found in a journal credits him, but none of his work was ever published. -
Bone Marrow and Platelets
Sir William Osler looks at small cell fragments from bone marrow that make clots in blood vessels, later calling them platelets. -
Fourth Blood Group
Alfred von Decastello and Adriano Sturli indentify blood type AB. -
Checking Blood
Dr. Ludvig Hektoen adivses that the blood of donors and recipents check their blood for incopalability before transfusion. -
Sodium Citrate
At almost the exact time two different researchers, Albert Hustin and Luis Agote, come up with a solution using sodium citrate. Adding sodium citrate to blood prevents it from clotting, -
Refridgerated and Stored
Dr. Richard Weil finds out that you can refridgerate and store citrated blood for a few days and be able to transfuse it. -
Citrate-Gluclose Solution
Francis Payton Rous and J.R. Turner make a citrate-gluclose solution for being able to store blood for a long time and still be fresh enough for a transfusion. -
Blood Depot
Dr. Oswald Robertson collects and stores blood type O with citrate-gluclose solution. It then arrives during a battle in WWI establishin it as a blood depot. -
Blood Donor Service
Percy Lane Oliver operates a blood donor service out of his home in London. -
The Soviets
Soviets were the first to put up facilities to collect and store blood in hospitals. -
Cadaver Blood
Dr. Serge Yudin was the first doctor to perform a blood transfusion using cadaver blood. -
Storing Blood
Anesthesiologists from a Mayo Clinic are the first to store citrated blood and using it in a hospital setting. -
Dr. Norm
Dr. Norman Bethune organized blood services during the Spanish civil war. -
Blood Bank
Dr. Bernard Fantus came up with the term "blood bank" to describe blood donations, and collecting blood. -
Discover Antibody
An unknown antibody in the blood of a woman who gave birth to a stillborn was found by Drs. Philip Levine and R.E. Stetson. The fetus inherits a postulate from the dad, and that triggers the antibody making in the mother. -
Rh Blood Group
Drs. Karl Lendsteiner and Alexander Wiener find the Rh blood group in a monkey. -
GRID/AIDS
The first cases of GRID (Gay-related Immunodeficency Disease) popped up in gay men. It is later renamed AIDS. -
Cause of AIDS
Dr. Robert Gallo identifies the virus that causes AIDS. It is HTLV III.
