Blood

By AllisonIDavis
  • 2500 BCE

    Egyptians

    Egyptians
    Egyptians use blood letting
  • 500 BCE

    Greeks

    Greeks
    Greeks recognized arteries and veins

  • 1600s

    1600s
    Anton van Leeuwenhoek establishes blood cells exist

  • 1700s

    1700s
    First successful blood transfusion

  • 3 Blood Types

    3 Blood Types
    Karl Landsteiner discovers blood types A, B, and O

  • 4th Blood Type

    4th Blood Type
    Alfred Decastello discovered blood type AB

  • Donating Blood

    Donating Blood
    Percy Oliver created the first blood donor service

  • Storing Blood

    Storing Blood
    Mayo Clinic found a method for storing blood meant for transfusions

  • Blood Banks

    Blood Banks
    Dr. Bernard Fantus founded the first blood bank

  • + and - Blood

    + and - Blood
    Karl Landsteiner found the Rh protein (what makes blood + and -)

  • AIDS

    AIDS
    The first case of AIDS was recorded in the Congo, Africa

  • Virus = AIDS

    Virus = AIDS
    Robert Gallo locates the virus that creates AIDS

  • ELISA

    ELISA
    ELISA test was created to screen for diseases like HIV

  • Blood Screening Tests

    Blood Screening Tests
    More blood-screening tests were developed to catch infectious diseases