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Jun 1, 1200
Blood Flow
A physician named Eminent Cairo & author Ibn al-Nafis reveals the pulmonary circulation, also known as the circulatory system, which is the movement of blood to and from the lungs. -
Jan 1, 1553
Blood Flow objection
A Spanish physician & theologion Micheal Servestus opposes that the blood flow is through the wall between ventricles. He believes that the heart and lungs correspond together to create the blood flow. -
RBC
RBCs, also known as red blood cells, are one out of three kinds of blood cells in the human body. The first to discover this was Jan Swammerdam, who is a microscopist. -
Capillary System
Marcello Malpighi, and Italian anatomist, examines the capillary system, the network of vessels connecting the arteies and veins as passage ways for blood cells. -
First Transfusion
French physician Jean-Bastiste Denis treats a very ill teenage boy by transfusing lamb's blood, however, ended in a tragic event. His other attempts were also in result of death to the patients. On November 23, Drs. Richard Lower and Edmund King sucessfully transfuses sheeps blood into Author Coga and peacefully recovers. -
Blood Coagulation
William Hewson researched on blood coagulation including clotting and isolating plasma. Plasma is commonly known as fibrogen, which is a key in the clotting processing. -
James Blundell
A British obstetrician and physiologist was the first to condutc human-to-human blood transfusion. The procedure on the patient drastically shows improvement. -
Sticky Situations
Sir William Osler obesrves that small cells fragments from bone marrow forms clots, or scabs. Theses are also known as platelets, one of three kinds of blood cells. -
Main Human Blood Groups
Karl Landsteiner discovers three main human blood group -- A, B, & C (O). -
The Fourth Kind
Landsteiner's peers Alfrod von Decastello & Adriano Sturli find a fouth blood group -- AB. -
Clotting Prevention
Researchers Albert Hustin of Brussels and Luis Agote of Buenos Aires establish a formula that prevents clotting. The formula is adding sodium citrate to blood. -
Richard Lewisohn
After the creation of sodium citrate, Dr. Lewisohn discovers that citrate blood can be stored & refrigerated for a few days & be used for transfusion. -
Citrate Blood
Francis Peyton Rous & J.R. Turner develop a citrate-glucose solution that allows blood to be stored much longer than before & still usable for transfusion. -
First Blood Depot
Dr. Oswald Robertson establishes the first blood depot by collecting & storing type O (C) w/ citrate-glucose solution. -
Some Resources Used In Transfusions
Dr. Serge Yudin is first to text transfusing humans w/ blood from dead human bodies. The Soviets were also the first to esta. materials to collect & store blood for use in transfusion at hospitals. -
Blood Preservation
Physician Federico Duran-Jorda esta. Barcelona Blood-Trasfusion Service which collects blood, tests it, pools it by blood group, & refrigerates it, it is transfered to hospitals during the Spanish Civil War. Canadian surgeon Dr. Normon Bethune, who volunteered during the Spanish Civil War, mobilized blood in Madrid. -
Antibody
Drs. Philip Levine & R.E. Stetson uncover an antibody in women'd blood who's given birth to a stillborn, into the fetus, from the spouse. -
Anti-Rh
Drs.Karl Lansteiner & Alexander Wiener find out the Rh blood group through tests w/ red blood cells of Rhesus monkeys & the antibody anti-Rh. -
Dr. Carl W. Walter
A trained surgeon, creates a more efficient way to contain blood by using plastic instead of glass. Plastics were much more portable and less fragile. -
AIDS
The first case of syndrome first called GRID, however, later renamed as AIDS. -
Dr. Bruce Evatt
Discusses GRID w/ the U.S. Pubic Health Center about his theories of the syndrome may be blood borne. -
Announcement
Dr. Robert Gallo shares to a press conference that the virus that causes AIDS is human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV lll). -
The ELISA Test
The first blood-screening test to detect the presence or absence of HIV antibodies. -
More Tests!
1987 through 2002 many tests were created to resolve much more diseases such as NAT. -
FINISHED PRODUCT
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Dr. Max Perutz
By using X-Rays crytallography, unravels hemoglobin, which is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.