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Claudius Galenus
Proves that arteries contain blood. -
Jan 1, 1553
Michael Servetus
He altered Galen's theory by stating blood flows around the heart instead of through it. -
William Harvey
Explained in his book how blood is pumped by the heart and circulates through the body. -
Jan Swammerdam
First person to observe and describe blood cells. -
Marcello Malpighi
He used a microscope to study veins and arteries. -
Jean-Baptiste Denis
This doctor transfused lamb's blood into a boys veins who was suffering from a persistent fever without negative consequences. -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
First to approximate the size of red blood cells. -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
He studied red blood cells more in depth and found that they're 25,000 times smaller than a grain of sand. -
William Hewson
Performed in depth research in the clotting of blood and discovered a key protein in the clotting process called fibrogen. -
Philip Syng Physick
He performed the first human to human blood transfusion. -
Sir William Osler
He observed bone marrow and discovered cell fragments form the bulk of the blood vessel clots. -
Dr. Landsteiner
His colleagues discovered a new type of blood; AB, which has both type B and type A in it. -
Albert Hustin, Luis Agote
They discovered sodium citrate prevents blood from clotting. -
Francis Peyton Rous, J.R. Turner
They developed a citrate-glucose solution that allows blood to be stored for a few weeks after being taken and still be safe for a transfusion. -
Dr. Oswald Robertson
He developed the first blood depot. -
Percy Lane Oliver
he was the first to create a blood donating system. -
Dr. Serge Yudin
First to test blood transfusion -
Federico Duran-Jorda
Established Barcelona blood transufsion service. -
Dr. Bernard Fantus
Started first blood bank and donation center. -
Drs. Philip Levine and R.E. Stetson
Discover an unknown antibody in a pregnant woman. -
Drs. Karl Landsteiner and Alexander Wiener
Discovered RH blood group. -
Dr. Charles Drew
Ran plasma of Britian cmapaign. -
Dr. Isidor Ravdin
Treats victims of Pearl Harbor with albumin to increase blood levels. -
Dr. Paul Beeson
Describes the process of transfusion transmitted hepatitis. -
Dr. Carl W. Walter
Revoulotionized blood collection with plastic bag. -
Dr. Max Perutz
Unreveals structure of hemoglobin. -
Dr. Judith Pool
discovers that slowly thawed frozen plasma yields deposits high in Factor VIII -
Dr. Baruch Blumberg
Discovers substance on hepatitis B which triggers antibodies in the blood. -
Dr. Bruce Evatt
Discovers that hemophilia is blood borne. -
Researchers at Dr. Luc Montagnier's lab
Isolate LAV , a virus which causes AIDS. -
Dr. Robert Gallo
Discovers virus that causes AIDS. -
Drs. Kenneth M. Brinkhous & Edward Shanbrom
Create new highly concentrated form of Factor VIII