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Jan 1, 1000
200 CE
Claudius Galenus (Galen) proves that arteries contain blood and suggests that blood forms in the liver and travels through veins around the body. -
Feb 26, 1200
mid 1200s
Eminet Caro and Ibn Al-Nafis discovered that blood flows to and from the lungs. -
1628
William Harvey explains that blood circulates within the body and is pumped by the heart. -
1658
Jan Swammerdam was the first to observe and describe red blood cells. -
1665
Richard Lower performed the first animal blood transfusion. -
1674
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek approximated red blood cells size to 25,000 times smaller than a grain of sand. -
1795
A foot note is recorded stating that Philip Syng Physick performed the first human-to-human blood transfusion. -
1902
Alfred Von Decastello and Adriano Sturli identified the fourth blood type- AB -
1907
Dr Reuben Ottenberg performed the first cross matching transfusion. -
1914
Albert Hustin and Luis Agote discovered that adding sodium citrate to the blood will stop it from clotting. -
1916
Francis Peyton Rous and J.R. Turner develop a solution that allows blood to be stored for a couple weeks for transfusions after it is collected. -
1930
Dr Serge is the first to test the efficency of using humans to transfuse cadaver blood. -
1959
Dr Max Perutz unraveled the structure of hemoglobin (protein in red blood cells that carry oxygen.) -
1971
Dr Baruch identified a substance on the surface of hepatitis B that creates antibodies. -
1981
Originally called GRID )Gay Related Immunodeficiency Disease), AIDS' first cases were repored. -
1982
Dr bruce Evatt suspected that the disease was in the blood. -
1984
Dr Robert Gallo announced that he identified the virus that causes AIDS. -
ELISA test
The first test to detect HIV was licensed by the government. -
1987-2002
More sensitive tests were developed to detect infected blood.