Red blood cells

History of Blood

By denisechau
  • Feb 1, 1555

    1555

    Andreas Critcizes Galen of his seven volume work deatilling human antomy.

  • 1603

    An anatomis published his work on veins.

  • 1658

    First person to observe red blood cells.

  • 1667

    Teen boy suffering from persistent fever had to take nine ounce of blood. He wasn't suffering from any negative consequences.

  • 1795

    Philip Syng Physick worked on human-to-human blood transfusion, but his work was never published.

  • 1818

    Dec 22, James Blundell performs first recorded human-to-human blood transfusion. He used a syringe, injected into a patient that was suffering internal bleeding.

  • 1901

    Karl Landsteiner dicoveries blood groups called A,B,C. Later he changed it to O, all of those groups represent something.

  • 1914

    Albert Hustin and Luis Agotc discovered adding sodium citrate will prevent from clotting.

  • 1915

    Dr. Richard Lewisohn found out sodium atrate can be mixed with donor blood. It'll help prevent coagulation with no danger.

  • 1916

    Tuner develop solution that allows blood to store for a few days. It'll remain viable for transfusion.

  • 1922

    Percy Lane Oliver operating blood donor serivce. He volunteers to be on 27- hour call to travel to hospital helping patients who need arises.

  • 1930

    First person to test humans w/eadaver blood was Dr.Serge Yudin.

  • 1937

    Dr.Bernard Fantus collets and preservation faclity for blood donation.

  • 1940

    Dr.Drew devises modern and highly sterile system to process, test, and store plasma shipment.

  • 1941

    Red cross open service to collect blood plasma They collected over 13 million units of blood over course of war.

  • 1947

    Red corss center went across countries in postwar.

  • 1948

    Dr.Carl W. Walter develops plastic bags that holds collection of blood.

  • 1965

    Tudith Pool discover thawed frozen plasma yields high in factor VIII

  • 1971

    B anti-bodies identify infected donors.

  • 1981

    First syndrome called grid later on renames to AIDS.

  • 1982

    CDC suspect the syndrome may be blood borne.

  • 1983

    AIDS locate the swollen lymph node in the neck (on a patient)

  • 1984

    Robert Gallo announces the causes on AIDS. He called it HTLV III.

  • 1985

    Government finally agrees to share the kit for this virus.

  • 1987

    Sensitive develope and Implemented to donated blood for infectious diease.