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Jan 1, 1553
Blood that flows
In the year of 1553 a Spanish physican named Michael Servetus suggested and discovered that blood flows from one side of the heart to another and through the lungs instead of the wall between the ventricles. -
William Harvey's "Masterwork"
In 1628 a british physician named William Harvey published a document which many call his masterwork. In this document he explains that blood circulates within the body and is pumped within the heart. -
The First
A 21 year old man named Jam Swammerdam is said to be one of the first people to observe and describe red blood cells in 1658. -
Blood transfusion
In England a man named Richard Lower performed and recorded one of the first blood transfusions in animals.This was performed with a syringe made out of goode quill and bladder. -
From human blood to lamb blood
Two years later in June a French physician named Jean-Baptiste Denis transfused a teenage boy who was suffering from a persistent fever with nine ounces of lamb's blood. -
Blood coagulation
In 1771 a british anatomist named William Hewson detailed his research on blood coagulation in his own novel. -
Why we should always read footnotes
Discovered in a footnate in a medical journal it gives credit to a Philidalphia Physian named Philip Syrng Physick for performing the first human-to-human blood transfusion, how this went along being unpublished. -
The "first" recorded human-to-human blood transfusion
On December 22, 1818 the first recorded human-to-human blood transfusion was done using only a syringe by a male physiologist named James Blundall. -
A new blood type
In 1902, colleagues Alfred von Decastello and Adriano Sturli discovered a 4th blood group which is now known as AB, meaning it causes agglutination in the red cells of both 'A' and 'B' groups. -
A simultaniously discovery
Almost simultaniously three researchers discoverd that adding sodium citrate to blood prevents the blood from clotting. Dr. Hustin published his findings in April of 1914 -
Donor blood
Dr. Richard Lewisohn formulated the best concentration of sodium citrate that can be mixed with donor blood to prevent coagulation but also pose no danger to the patient -
Collection thats still usable
Francis Peyton Rous and J.R. Turner developed a citrate glucose solution which allows blood to be stored for a few weeks after collection and still remain usable for transfusion. -
The first blood depot
While serving in the U.S. Army, a doctor collected and stored type O blood that had citrate and glucose solution and he established the first blood depot. -
A blood donor service
Out of his home in London Percy Oliver began operating a blood donor service. He recruited volunteers and was very strict to them, they had to agree to be on 24 hour call. -
The Sklifosovsky Institute
On March 23, 1930 at the Sklifosovsky Institute Dr. Serge Yudin was the first man to test the efficacy of transfusing human with cadoveer blood. -
Blood bank, is it more than just a term?
Dr. Bernard Fantus came up with the term "blood bank" to describe the conotation, collection, and preservation facility. -
Where would we be without Red Cross?
In January at the behest of the Surgeon general og the U.S. Army and Navy the American Red Cross agreed to have a blood donor service to collect blood plasma for the war effort -
Blood bags
A trained surgeon, Dr. Carl W. Walter develops a plastic bag for the collection of the blood. Also glass bottles were used to store blood but this idea quickly faded to protet loss of blood and damage to the bottles. -
Hermoglobin
With the use of xray, Dr. Max Perutz was able to unravel the structure of hermoglobin which is a protein within red blood cells that carries oxygen. -
Antibodies
Dr. Baruch identified a substance in July of 1971. The substance was on the surface of hebation which triggers the production of anti bodies. -
A helpful experiment
In 1983, Dr. Luc Montagniers lab conducted an experiment that isolated a virus the cause AIDS.
