History of Blood

By eelyr8717
  • Jan 1, 1200

    Eminent Cairo

    First discovery of pulmonary circulation, or the flow of blood to and from the lungs.

  • Fabricius

    First drawing of vein valves.

  • Jan Swammerdam

    First person to observe red blood cells.

  • marcello malpighi

    first time the capillary system was observed.

  • Richard Lawer

    Performed the first blood transfusion in animals. This eventually led to blood transfusions in humans.

  • Jean-baptiste denis

    Transfuses teenage boy with lambs blood.

  • Willam Hewson

    publishes book on blood coagulation and his success at arresting clotting.

  • Philip Syng Physick

    First unpublished human to human blood transfusion.

  • Jsmes Blundell

    First recorded human to human blood transfusion.

  • William Osler

    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.

  • Karl Landsteiner

    Discovery of the three major types of blood: A, B, and C. Finds that different blood types cannot mix.

  • Alfred von Decastello and Adriano Sturli

    Fourth type of blood, type AB, discovered.

  • Reuben Ottenberg

    First transfusion using cross matching, and over the next several years virtually eliminates transfusion reactions.

  • Dr. Ludvig Hektoen

    First to propose testing donors blood prior to transfusion.

  • Albert Hustin

    Adding sodium to blood will prevent it from clotting.

  • Richard Lewisohn

    The optimum concentration of sodium citrate is formulated that can be mixed with donor blood to prevent coagulation

  • Richard Weil

    Citrated blood can be refrigerated for a few days before transfusion.

  • Francis Peyton Rous and J.R. Turner

    A solution of citrate-glucose is created to help preserve blood for a few weeks before transfusions.

  • Oswald Robertson

    First blood depot.

  • Percy Lane Oliver

    Begins running a blood donor service out of his house.

  • Soviets

    Soviets are the first to establish facilities that collect and store blood for use in transfusions at hospitals.

  • Dr. Serge Yudin

    First to perform a blood transfusion with cadaver blood.

  • Mayo Clinic

    Anesthesiologists in Rochester first to begin storing citrated blood and utilizing it for transfusions within hospitals.

  • federico Duran-Jorda

    Established blood transfusion service that collects, tests, and stores blood to be shipped during the Spanish Civil War.

  • Bernard Fantus

    Coins the term "blood bank."

  • Karl Landsteinerand Alexander Wiener

    Discover Rh blood group.

  • Max Perutz

    First able to unravel the structure of hemoglobin, the protein within red blood cells that carries oxygen.

  • Elliot Richardson

    The responsibility of regulating the blood banking industry is transfered from the Divisions of Biologics Standars to the Food and Drug Administration.

  • AIDS

    The first case of Gay-related immunodeficiency (GRID), now know as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

  • Bruce Evatt

    Discovers that AIDS is a blood born disease.

  • AIDS Virus

    The virus causing AIDS is isolated and labled lymphadenopathy- associated virus.

  • Robert Gallo

    The virus that causes AIDS is identified and called HTLV lll (human T-cell lymphotropic virus)

  • The ELISA Test

    After multiple AMericans have been diagnosed with AIDS after blood transfusions, the ELISA test, the first bllood-screening test. is licensed by the US governmeant to detect the presence of HIV antibodies.

  • Screening Tests

    A series of more sensative blood-screening test are created to test for diseases in donated blood.