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Eminent Cairo discoveres and explains how blood flow comes and goes through the lungs.
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Fabricius publishes the first drwings of vein valves,
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Harvey publishes a book about the circulation of blood through the body and how the heart pumps the blood.
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Jan Swammerdam was first to describe and observe reb blood cells.
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Malpighi looks more into the vessels that conect arteries and veins.
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Lower is the first do do and record of an animal blood transfusion.
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Denis does a blood transfusion on a teenage boy and a lamb.
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek went intp more detail about red blood cells.
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James Blundell performs first human blood transfusion.
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Osler observes platelets.
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Landsteiner determines the 3 blood types. (A,B,C which is later known as O)
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Landsteiner and his colleagues later introduce the blood type AB.
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Dr. Hustin discovers that adding sodium to blood circulation can prevent clotting.
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Peyton and Turner introduce a solution that allows blood to be stored for longer and still be effective when used.
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Robertson establishes first blood depot.
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Oliver starts his own blood donation service.
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The Soviets are the firsts to make places for collecting and storing blood for hospitals and transfusions.
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The group starts putting stored blood to use in hospitals.
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Duran-Jorda makes a blood service that collects tests, and stores blood by blood group.
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Dr.Fantus introduces the term "blood bank"
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Cohn invents a way to seperate proteins in plasmas.
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Dr. Drew makes a system to process, test and store plasma for shipments across water.
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First civilian blood donor center opens.
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Beeson provides a description of transfusion-transmitted hepatitis.
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The blood banks get together and form the American Association of Blood Banks.
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AABB first meeting in Dallas.
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Walter deveops plastic bags for blood.
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Perutz discovers the structure of Hemoglobin.
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Shanbrom and Brinkhous make Factor VIII highly concentrated.
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Dr. Blumberg dicovers something that makes antibodies grow on Hepatitis B.
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First case of GRID or AIDS is recorded.
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Evatt introduces his suspicions of GRID is blood borne.
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The Dr.'s lab finds the virus that causes AIDS.
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A test is made to find out wether or not the blood that is beings used for transfusions are positive for HIV or not.
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Ottenberg does first transfusion with cross-matching.
