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Period: Feb 19, 1200 to Feb 19, 1250
Discovory of Circulation
Eminent Cario discoveres the flow of blood to and from the lungs. -
Discovory of Veins
the book "ON THE VALVES IN VEINS" is published by Fabricus and it gives detailed descriptions and illustrations on veins. -
Harvey explains Circulation
William Harvey publishes his masterwork EXERCITATIO ANATOMICA DE MOTU CORDIS ET SANGUINIS IN ANIMALIBUS in which he explains that blood circulates within the body and is pumped by the heart. -
Finding Red Blood Cells
Jan Swammerdam is the first person to discover red blood cells. -
Arteries and Veins are Connected
Marcello Malpighi discovers that arteries and veins are connected through a capulary system. -
first animal blood transfusion
Richard Lower performs the first recorded blood transfusion in animals. -
Work being stolen
Dr. Denis sues Antoine Mauroy's widow in 1668 for slandering his reputation. -
Undocumented Blood Transfusions
a footnote in a medical journal describes the first "human to human" blood transfusion. -
First Recorded Blood Transfusion
James Blundell preforms the first transfusion. He uses a syringe to inject blood from multiple donors into the patients and before the patient died, he showed improvement. -
Platelets
William Osler discovers platelets in blood which will lead to a further understanding of blood clotting -
Three Types of Blood
Karl Landsteiner theorized that there were three different blood types. he originally labeled them. A, B and C. -
Healthy Donors
Blood donors are now being checked to see if they are healthy before donating blood. -
Storage of Blood
At Rockefeller Institute, a citrate-glucose solution is created to help store blood and keep it fresh for future transfusions -
Donation Centers
Percy Oliver creates his own blood donation center. he screens people for disease and keeps all the names in a call log so he could gain quick access to them. -
Transfusion Advancement
the first test of transfusing humans with cadaver blood. He successfully resuscitates a young man who's slashed both his wrists attempting suicide. -
Transfusion Storage in hospitals
A group of anesthesiologists at the Mayo Clinic are the first to begin storing citrated blood and utilizing it for transfusions within a hospital setting in the U.S. -
Barcelona Blood Transfusion Service Created
Barcelona Blood Service created to store and deliver blood to paople in need of transfusion. -
Plasma of Britain
Plasma of Britain campaign created to supply britain with blood during WWII. a substitute for plasma was being synthesised to create more blood -
Diseases in Blood
JAMA (the JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION), links the occurrence of jaundice in seven cases to blood or plasma transfusions the patients receive a few months prior, -
Improved Storage
A special plastic bag was created to prevent contamination and to keep the blood safe and more durible. -
Hemoglobin
X-rays are used to unravel the structure of hemoglobin, the protein within red blood cells that carries oxygen. -
Blood Banking under new management
Elliot Richardson transfers the responsibility of regulating the blood banking industry from the Division of Biologics Standards (DBS) to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). -
Hemophilia is "Blood Born"
Dr. Bruce Evatt starts to suspect that hemophilia is blood born and presents his theories at a meeting of a group of the U.S. Public Health Service in July. -
AIDS Discovered
Dr. Robert Gallo at NIH announces that he's identified the virus that causes AIDS, which is called HTLV III -
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Better Tests Developed
More sensitive tests are developed and implemented to screen donated blood for infectious diseases like hepatitis and T-Lymphotropic-Virus-I-antibody.