HISTORY PEOPLE Flashcards
First recorded blood transfusion performed
Pope Innocent VII
Discovery of the circulatory system
William Harvey
Animal to animal transfusion
Richard Lower
Animal to human transfusion
Jean Baptiste Denis
First successful human blood transfusion performed on a woman suffering from postpartum hemmorhage
James Blundell
First to work on blood transfusion and blood preservation techniques; Director of first American Red Cross blood bank at Presbyterian hospital
Dr. Charles Drew
Discovered Sodium Phosphate as anticoagulant
Braxton Hicks
Sodium CItrate as anticoagulant
Albert Hustin
Determined minimum non-toxic amoiunt of Citrate needed to prevent coagulation
Richard Lewisohn
Citrate dextrose (CD) as anticoagulant
Rous & Turner
Acid Citrate Dextrose (ACD) as anticoagulant
Loutit & Mollison
Utilized glycerol to extend the RBC lifespan by 10 years
Audrey Smith
Citrate Phosphate Dextrose (CPD) as standard preservative at present
Gibson
First vein to vein transfusion using special cannulas and syringes
Edward Lindemann
Syringe Valve apparatus
Unger
Discovered ABO blood groups
Karl Landsteiner
Defined the fourth blood group - AB
Alfred Von Decastillo & Adriano Sturli
Rh blood groups discovery
Karl Landsteiner & Alexander Weiner
MN and P systems discovery
Karl Landsteiner & Philip Levine
The world’s first blood bank (Chicago) under the leadership of Dr. Bernard Fantus
Cook county hospital
First community based blood center
Irwin Memorial BB