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Jan 1, 1200
Eminent Cairo
First discovery of pulmonary circulation or the flow of blood to and from the lungs. -
Fabricius
First drawing of vein valves. -
Jan Swammerdam
First person to observwe red blood cells. -
Marcello Malpighi
first time the capillary system was observed. -
Richard Lawer
Richard Lawer performed the first blood transfusion in animals. The eventually led to blood transfusions in humans. -
Jean-Baptiste Denis
Transfuses teenage boy with lambs blood. Procedure used multiple times with no harm caused until one death. -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
More precise description of the red blood cell. He is able to approximate the size of the cells. -
William Hewson
Publishes book on blood coagulation and his success at arresting clotting. -
Philip Syng Physick
First unpublished human to human blood transfusion. He doesnt recieve credit. -
James Blundell
First recorded human-human blood transfusion. -
William Osler
Discovery that small cell fragments from the bone marrow make up the majority of clots formed in blood vessels;these cells are later called platelets. -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovery of the three major types of blood: A, B, and C. Finds that different blood types cannot mix. -
Alfred von Decastello and Adriano Sturli
Fourth type of blood, type AB, discovered. -
Dr. Ludvig Hektoen
First to propose testing donors blood prior to transfusion. -
Reuben Ottenberg
First transfusion using cross matching, and over the next several years virtually eliminates transfusion reactions. -
Albert Hustin
Adding sodium to blood will prevent it from clotting. -
Richard Weil
Citrated blood can be refrigerated for a few days before transfusion. -
Richard Lewisohn
The optimum concentration of sodium citrate is formulated that can be mixed with donor blood to prevent coagulation. -
Francis Peyton Rous and J.R. Turner
A solution of citrate-glucose is created to help preserve blood for a few weeks before transfusions. -
Oswald Robertson
First blood depot. -
Percy Lane Oliver
Begins running a blood donor service out of his house. -
Soviets
Soviets are the first to establish facilities that collect and store blood for use in transfusions at hospitals. -
Dr. Serge Yudin
First to perform a blood transfusion with cadaver blood. -
Mayo Clinic
Anesthesiologists in Rochester first to begin storing citrated blood and utilizing it for transfusions within hospitals. -
Federico Duran-Jorda
Established blood transfusion service that collects, tests, and stores blood to be shipped during the Spanish Civil War. -
Bernard Fantus
Coins the term "blood bank.'' -
Karl Landsteiner and Alexander Wiener
Discover Rh blood group. -
Max Perutz
First able to unravel the structure of hemoglobin, the protein within red blood cells that carries oxygen. -
Elliot Richardson
The responsibility of regulating the blood banking industry is transfered from the Divisions of Biologics Standars to the Food and Drug Administration. -
AIDS
The first case of Gay-releated immunodeficiency (GRID), now known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)< is discovered. -
Bruce Evatt
Discovers that AIDS is a blood borne disease. -
AIDS Virus
The virus causing AIDS is isolated and labled lymphadenopathy-associated virus. -
Robert Gallo
The virus that causes AIDS is identified and called HTLV III (human T-cell lymphotropic virus) -
The ELISA Test
After multiple Americans have been diagnosed with AIDS after blood transfusions, the ELISA test, the first blood-screening test, is licensed by the US government to detect the presence of HIV antibodies. -
Screening Tests
A series of more sensative blood-screening test are created to test for diseases in donated blood.
