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First discovery of pulmonary circulation or the flow of blood to and from the lungs.
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First drawing of vein valves.
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First person to observwe red blood cells.
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first time the capillary system was observed.
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Richard Lawer performed the first blood transfusion in animals. The eventually led to blood transfusions in humans.
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Transfuses teenage boy with lambs blood. Procedure used multiple times with no harm caused until one death.
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More precise description of the red blood cell. He is able to approximate the size of the cells.
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Publishes book on blood coagulation and his success at arresting clotting.
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First unpublished human to human blood transfusion. He doesnt recieve credit.
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First recorded human-human blood transfusion.
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Discovery that small cell fragments from the bone marrow make up the majority of clots formed in blood vessels;these cells are later called platelets.
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Discovery of the three major types of blood: A, B, and C. Finds that different blood types cannot mix.
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Fourth type of blood, type AB, discovered.
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First to propose testing donors blood prior to transfusion.
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First transfusion using cross matching, and over the next several years virtually eliminates transfusion reactions.
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Adding sodium to blood will prevent it from clotting.
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Citrated blood can be refrigerated for a few days before transfusion.
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The optimum concentration of sodium citrate is formulated that can be mixed with donor blood to prevent coagulation.
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A solution of citrate-glucose is created to help preserve blood for a few weeks before transfusions.
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First blood depot.
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Begins running a blood donor service out of his house.
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Soviets are the first to establish facilities that collect and store blood for use in transfusions at hospitals.
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First to perform a blood transfusion with cadaver blood.
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Anesthesiologists in Rochester first to begin storing citrated blood and utilizing it for transfusions within hospitals.
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Established blood transfusion service that collects, tests, and stores blood to be shipped during the Spanish Civil War.
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Coins the term "blood bank.''
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Discover Rh blood group.
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First able to unravel the structure of hemoglobin, the protein within red blood cells that carries oxygen.
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The responsibility of regulating the blood banking industry is transfered from the Divisions of Biologics Standars to the Food and Drug Administration.
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The first case of Gay-releated immunodeficiency (GRID), now known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)< is discovered.
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Discovers that AIDS is a blood borne disease.
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The virus causing AIDS is isolated and labled lymphadenopathy-associated virus.
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The virus that causes AIDS is identified and called HTLV III (human T-cell lymphotropic virus)
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After multiple Americans have been diagnosed with AIDS after blood transfusions, the ELISA test, the first blood-screening test, is licensed by the US government to detect the presence of HIV antibodies.
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A series of more sensative blood-screening test are created to test for diseases in donated blood.
