History of blood

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  • Period: 130 to 200

    BCE arteries and veins

    Galen proves argument that veins are dissimmilar to arteries
  • 350

    BCE 3 Chambers

    Aristole, believs that the heart is the central organ and it has 3 chambers.
  • 400

    BCE Four Elements

    Hippocrates discovers Four Elements, blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile
  • 500

    BCE Alcameom of Croton

    greek scientist, Alcameon of Croton discovers that arteries and veins aren't the same
  • Feb 18, 1200

    pulmonary circulation

    Ibn al-Nafis discovers that how blood travels to and from the lungs called pulmonary circulation.

  • vein valves

    fabricius publishes "the valves in veins" which include a drawing of the first vein valve.

  • William Harvey

    william harvey published "EXERCITATIO ANATOMICA DE MOTU CORDIS ET SANGUINIS IN ANIMALIBUS" which explains the circulation of blood in the body.

  • 1st recorded blood transfuison

    the first recorded blood transfusion was succesfully done on 2 dogs by, Richard Lower

  • Jean-Baptiste Denis

    Jean-Baptiste Denis sucessfully gives a teenage boy a blood transfusion

  • "25,000 times smaller than a fine grain of sand."

    "25,000 times smaller than a fine grain of sand."states Anton van Leeuwenhoek when he provide the most detailed description of redblood cells

  • EXPERIMENTAL ENQUIRY INTO THE PROPERTIES OF THE BLOOD

    EXPERIMENTAL ENQUIRY INTO THE PROPERTIES OF THE BLOOD writen by William Hewson, explains blood coagulation

  • first human-to-human blood transfusion

    Philip Syng Physick performs first human to human blood transfusion

  • first recorded blood transfusion

    James Blundell performs the first recorded blood transfusion

  • platelets

    platelets, small cell fragments from the bone marrow, dicovered by Sir William Osler

  • blood types

    karl landsteiner discovers the blood types A,B,C(O)

  • 4th blood type

    AB, is discovered after furthering doctor landsteiner's work

  • cross matching

    the first recored cross matching blood transfusion is attampted

  • blood checking

    DR. ludvig first suggests the use of cross matching blood

  • cadavers

    first time blood was taken from a cadaver and tranfused into a living person.

  • blood bank

    the first "blood bank" was established by Dr. Bernard Fantus

  • anti Rh

    anti Rh is discovered by Drs. Philip Levine and R.E. Stetson

  • Rh

    Rh is dicoverd by Drs. Karl Landsteiner and Alexander Wiener

  • fractionation

    method to separate out plasma's different proteins is discovered by Edwin Cohn

  • blood transmitted disease

    (the JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION) entry by Dr. Paul Beeson dicovers diseases transmitted through blood transfusions.

  • plastic bags

    a plastic bag, for the collection of blood is developed to replace glass bottles

  • hemoglobin

    hemoglobin is finally understood, through the use of X-ray crystallography

  • {late} cryo

    massive amounts of factor VIII are generate for future use

  • cryo

    slowly thawing frozen plasma, yields deposits higher Factor VIII which is dicovered by Dr. Judith Pool

  • FDA

    FDA takes control over all "blood banks"

  • Aids

    The first cases of a aids are discoverd

  • (lymphadenopathy-associated virus)

    aids is discovered to be in a swollen lymph node, in the neck

  • virus found

    the virus AIDS is identified (human T-cell lymphotropic virus)

  • ELISA

    the ELISA test is invented and used to test for AIDS
  • Period: to

    the others

    more sensitive tests are developed and implemented to screen donated blood for infectious diseases

  • BCE Egyptians

    Egyptians began a technique to treat sick called bleeding.