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Proved that blood was found in the arteries by doing experiments on animals. He set the path for future centuries of discovery.
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Pulmonary circulation was discoverd in the mid-1200's. which is how the blood flows to anf from the lungs,
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Fabricius makes the first drawings of vein valves and publishes his work ON THE VALVES IN VEINS.
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William Harvey describes that blood is pumped by the heart and circulates within the body.
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The first person to observe and describe red blood cells is Jan Swammerdam.
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Marcello Malpighi observes the capillary system, the network of fine vessels that connect the veins and the arteries.
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The first blood transfusion on animals is made with dogs, by Richard Lower.
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek further observes red blood cells. He is widley credited with the discovery.
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William Hewson researches blood coagulation and isolates a substance from plasma, fibrogen.
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Philip Syng Physick performs the first human-to- human blood transfusion, but his work is not published.
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James Blundell performs the frist recorded human blood transfusion. He injects a patient with donated blood from several people but, ater improving the patient dies.
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Sir William Osler studies cell fragments, later known as platelets, that make up clots formed in blood vesles.
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Karl Landsteine discovers three main human blood groups A, B, and C, later known as O. He detects different antibodies in groups A & B that are both in C (O).
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Alfred von Decastello and Adriano Sturli discover a fourth blood group (AB). It causes agglutination in the red cells of both A & B.
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Ludvig Hektoen recommends blood tests for donors and recipients for signs of incompatibility before transfusion.
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Albert Hustin and Luis Agote discover that adding sodium citrate to blood will prevents clotting.
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Dr. Richard discovers that citrated blood can be stored in the refrigerator and stored for a few days before being transfused.
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Francis Peyton Rous and J.R. Turner make a citrate-glucose solution that allows blood to be longer and still be good for a transfusion.
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Oswald Robertson establishes the first blood depot, helping with casualties during WW1.
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Percy Lane Oliver starts a blood doner service out of his home. he take measyres to ensure the saftey but screening for diseses.
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Dr. Serge Yudin tests transfusing humans with cadaver blood. His discoveris are a sucess and he esuscitates a young man.
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A group of anesthesiologists organize a transfusion service and are the first to begin storing citrated blood and utilizing it for transfusions within a hospital setting in the U.S.
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Established by Federico Duran-Jorda, the service collects blood, tests it, orginizes by group, preserves it, and takes it to front line hospitals during the Spanish Civil war.
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Dr. Bernard Fantus comes up with the term "Blood bank" to describe blood donation. He establishes one at a hospital in Chicago.
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Charles Drew developes a way to separate and preserve blood plasma. He performs tests, and store plasma for the Red Cross.
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The Amrican Red Cross establishes a blood donating service to contribute and help the war.
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Community blood banks uniite to make a national network of blood banks. (AABB)
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Carl W. Walter makes a plastic bag that can be used to store/ collect blood. Before this blood had to be stored in a glass container.
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Max Perutz uses X-ray crystallography to unravel the structure of hemoglobin, which is the protein in red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen.
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Bood banking industry was regulated by the Division of Biologics Standards (DBS) but then transferd to the Food and Drug Administration (FDS)
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Dr. Baruch Blumberg develops a test to find hepatitis B antibodies which identifies infected donors; the test is mandated by the FDA.
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The first cases of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) are reported; before it was renamed AIDS it was GRID (Gay-related Immunodeficiency Disease).
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Researchers in france isolate the virus that causes AIDS. They identify it in the swollen lymph node and label it LAV (lymphadenopathy-associated virus).
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Robert Gallo identifies the virus that causes AIDS, he calls it HTLV III (human T-cell lymphotropic virus).
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Many Americans are infected with AIDS from blood transfusions, the first blood-screening test to detect the presence or absence of HIV antibodies is crated; the test is adopted by American blood banks.
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More tests are developed and experimented to screen donated blood for infectious diseases.