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History of blood

  • 130

    Galen and hipppocrates

    2 of the most known anatomist proves that blood flows through arteries and says blood forms in the liver.
  • 300

    Aristole

    Believes that the heart is the central organ of the body and finds out that the heart is a three chambered organ.
  • Feb 18, 1097

    Cross matching

    Dr.Reuben Ottenberg performs the first cross matching blood transfusion. They then find out that it is the most successful.
  • Jan 1, 1200

    Pulmonsry Circulation

    Pulmonsry Circulation
    eminent Cario and al-Nafis discover the pulmonary circulation
  • On the vales in viens

    Fabricius publishes his work featuring the first drawing of vien values
  • EXERCITATIO ANATOMICA DE MOTU CORDIS ET SANGUINIS IN ANIMALIBUS

    William Harvey publishes his work EXERCITATIO ANATOMICA DE MOTU CORDIS ET SANGUINIS IN ANIMALIBUS, it tells how blood is pumped from the heart through out the body.
  • Jan Swammerdam

    First person to obsevre and describe red blood cells
  • Blood transfusion on animals

    Richard Lower performs the first transfusion on a dog
  • Lamb's blood

    Jean-Baptise Denis uses lambs blood to transfuse to a teenage boy.
  • Red blood cells

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek publishes his work give us a detailed description about red blood cells
  • fibrogen

    William Hewson discovers fibrogen a key protien in clotting
  • Blood transfusion

    James Blundell performs the first human blood transfusion. the patient dies shortly after showing positve results
  • Blood types

    Karl Landstiener publishes his discovery of the bloody types, A,B,C.
  • Blood type AB

    Alfred von Decastello and Adriano Sturli discover AB bloodtype.
  • bloodtype

    Dr. Ludvig recommends checking the blood type of the donor to match sure they match.
  • Cross matching

    Reuben Ottenberg performs the first transfusion using cross matching. This procedure has had the most sucessful results.
  • blood clot prevention

    Albert Hustin and Luis Agote discover that adding sodium citrate to blood prevents it from clotting.
  • citrate glucose

    Francis Peyton Rous and J.R. Turner develop a citrate glucose solution allowing blood to be stored away for future use.
  • plasma

    Dr. Charles develops a method to separate plasma from blood
  • Rh

    Dr karl Landstiener discovers the Rh blood group
  • blood donation

    The general surgeon and american red cross open up a civilian blood donor service.
  • oxygen in blood cells

    using a x ray crystallography Dr. Max Perutz identifies the protien in the blood cell that carries oxygen.
  • AIDS

    Dr. Bruce Evatt discover that aids can be obtain through blood.
  • blood test

    Tests began to be conducted on donated blood for diesases.
  • blood storage

    Dr. Carl W. walter develops a plastic comtainer for blood, more effiecent then glass bottle that are fragile and easily contanimanted.