Serology Timeline

  • Bloodletting
    2500 BCE

    Bloodletting

    Egyptians used bloodletting to try to cure diseases
  • Period: 2500 BCE to

    2500 BC-1987 AD

  • Veins and Artieries
    500 BCE

    Veins and Artieries

    Greeks distinguished between arteries and veins
  • Microscope

    Microscope

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek viewed blood cells under a microscope
  • Transfusion

    Transfusion

    First Blood transfusion Performed
  • Blood types

    Blood types

    Karl Landsteiner discovered three blood types: A, B, O
  • AB Blood type

    AB Blood type

    Alfred Decastello discovered fourth blood type: AB
  • Blood donation

    Blood donation

    Percy Oliver established the first blood donor service
  • Storing Blood

    Storing Blood

    Mayo Clinic developed a method to store blood for transfusions
  • Blood Bank

    Blood Bank

    Dr. Bernard Fantus established the first blood bank
  • Rh protein

    Rh protein

    – Karl Landsteiner discovered the Rh protein
  • AIDS

    AIDS

    First case of AIDS recorded in the Congo
  • HIV Causing AIDS

    HIV Causing AIDS

    Robert Gallo identified the virus causing AIDS
  • ELISA

    ELISA

    Development of ELISA test to screen for diseases such as HIV
  • Blood-Screening

    Blood-Screening

    Scientists began developing blood-screening tests for infectious diseases