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100
500 B.C.E. Dissimilarities
Alcmaeon of Croton notices that arteries and veins are dissimillar when performing a dissection. -
125
425 B.C.E
Empedocles believes that the heart is the organ of sense and says that all things are composed of four elements: Water, fire, earth and air. -
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400 B.C.E. Hippocrates
Hippocrates intice tat in smilarity with the four element,s the human body is also made up of four matters: blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile. -
300
300 B.C.E.
Herophilus of Chalcedon states that arteries carry blood and are thicker than veins. -
470
130-200 C.E. Proof and Theory
Claudius Galenus, or Galen, becomes an important physician when e proves that arteries contain blood. He also suggests that the artery and vein systems are very distinct and that the blood forms in the liver to travel trough the veins to different parts of the body; in which the blood passes through the ventricles through pores in the septum. -
Jul 26, 1200
Mid 1200s: Traveling
Ibn -al Nafis extorts the discovery of pulmonary circulation, or the flow of blood to and from the lungs. -
1603: The Drawing
Fabricius publishes, "On the Valves in Veins" which depicts the structure and function of the veins in the body. The work features the first drawing of vein valves. -
1628: The British Physician
William Harvey published his masterwork, "Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus" (ANATOMICAL TREATISE ON THE MOVEMENT OF THE HEART AND BLOOD IN ANIMALS). -
1661: Observations
Marcello Malpighi observes the capillary system with a rudimentary microscope. -
1665: Sketchy Surgeries
Using a syringe made of goose quill and bladder, created by Christopher Wren, the first recorded blood transfusion in animals was performed by Richard Lower. -
1667: Transfusion
Jean-Baptiste Denis transfuses a teenage boy with niine ounces of lamb's blood. -
1670: The Result
After Dr. Denis sues Mauroy's widow for trashing his reputation, the French Parliament bans all human blood transfusion. -
1674: An Unaware Approzimation
Anton van Leeuwenhoek provides a detailed description on red blood cells. He approximates their size of about "25,000 times smaller than a fine grain of sand". -
1771: William Hewson
The discovery of fibrogen and the process of blood coagulation and clotting. -
1795: Uncredited Work
In a medical journal's footnotes, Philip Syng Physick was credited for performing the first human-to-human blood transfusion, but his work was not published. -
1818: The First
James Blundell performs the first recorded human-to-human blood transfusion. -
1901: The Blood
Karl Landsteiner discovers the three main human blood groups: A, B, & O (originally named C). -
1902: Another Type
Alfred von Decastello and Adriano Sturli discover another blood type in which both A and B blood cells agglutinate called AB. -
1907: Elimination
Dr. Reuben Ottenberg does the first transfusion of cross-matching blood which almost entirely eliminates transfusion reactions. -
1916: Lasting Blood
Francis Peyton Rous and J.R. Turner create a solution that allows blood to be stored weeks after collection and still be safe for transfusuion. -
1917: The Depot
The first Blood Depot was essentially established by Dr. Oswald Robertson during WWI. -
1922: From Home
Percy Lane Oliver operates a blood donation center from his home. Him and volunteers donate blood to local hospitals as needed. -
1930: Another type
Dr. Serge Yudin is the first to test the transfusion of human blood with cadaver blood. -
1939: Still an Antibody
Drs. Philip Levine and R.E. Stetson discover an unknown antibody in the blood of a lady who gave birth to a still-born baby. They say that this antibody was inherited from the father causing the mother to realease an antibody in circulation of the blood's sytem. -
1941: Red Cross
The American Red Cross organizes a civilian blood drive to help gain blood and plasma for the war effort. -
1948: The Plastic
Dr. Carl W. Walker developes a way to make storing blood safer and easier: plastic bags. -
1959: X-Rays
Dr. Max Perutz was able to analyze the structure of hemoglobin through the use of crystallography x-rays. -
1965: Slowly Thawed
Dr. Judith Pool discovered that slowly thawed frozen plasma helps Antihemophiliac Factors with high levels. -
1971: The Transfer
The secretary of Health, Education and warfare changed th eresponsibility of regulating the blood banking industry from the DBS to the FDA. -
1971: Virus Seeking
A new test is mandated by the FDA to all blood donors to indicate whether or not they have a hepatitis B virus. -
1981: A New Disease
The first cases of AIDS in recorded. Found primarily amoungst males so it was originally named Gay-Related Immunodeficiency Disease.. -
1983: AIDS Found
Researchers isolate the AIDS Virus and locate it in swollen lymph vessels in the neck. They refer to it as LAV (lymphadenopathy-associated virus). -
1984: The Cause
Dr. Robert Gallo announces his findings of what causes the AIDS virus: HTLV III. -
1985: A Screening
After many Americans are infected with the AIDS virus, it becomes mandatory for a blood screening to occur before donation. -
2002: Tests
Many more tests were brought about for screening people who wish to donate their blood to insure that they do not give the reciever of the blood any disease that may harm their body and/or life.