History Flashcards
First documented blood transfusion
He died because of incompatibility of the 2 donors blood
Pope Innocent VII
First documented the first successful transfusion of human blood to patient
Introduced blood letting
James Blundell
The flow of blood due to gravity
Blood letting
Event where availability and preservation of blood increase
World war II
He Introduced the first anticoagulant
What anticoagulant is it?
Braxton Hicks
Sodium Phosphate
True or false : Sodium phospate has a short shelf life
True
Propose NSS as a blood substitute
Studied the first effect of NSS
George Hayem
Use as a replace in blood transfusion
NSS
True or false: NSS can replace the fluid (blood) but not the red cell
True
Blood alternative
Perfluorocarbon
An unstable molecule which is attached to carbon
Fluorine
Father of blood banking
He started the blood typing
Discovered the ABO blood group
Karl Landsteiner
Detects the presence of antigen
Forward typing
Detects the presence of antibody
Backward typing
It is the major blood group
It is unique
ABO