History of blood transfusion
1616: First systematic work was done by Dr. William Harvey of England when he established that blood circulates in human body .
1665: Dr. Richard Lower of England performed the first recorded successful blood transfusion from one dog to another . This was followed by transfusion of animal blood to human being by many doctors resulting in loss of lives.
1678: Pope forbade blood transfusion by his proclamation.
1818: Dr. James Blundell (an obstetrician of England) invented an instrument for transfusing blood and actually transfused blood from human being directly to a dying patient to save her life. He first propagated the fact that only human blood can be transfused to another human being.
1901: Dr. Karl Landsteiner (a pathologist) of Austria (V ienna) discovered ABO
Blood groups.
1914: Dr. Hustin of Belgium discovered the technique of preventing coagulation of stored blood outside human body in bottle with the help of sodium citrate solution.
1930: Dr. Karl Landsteiner was awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discovery of blood groups.
1932: Dr. Andre Bagdasarov (Russia) developed the method of preserving blood collected from a donor in bottle at 4 degree centigrade temperature for 21 days by adding glucose with sodium citrate in a measured quantity in the blood bottle.
1936: Dr . Normal Bethune of Canada established the first blood bank of the world at Madrid in Spain during the Spanish Civil War .
1940: Dr. Karl Landsteiner and Dr. Alexander Weiner discovered Rhesus factor in blood.
1942: First blood bank of India was established at Calcutta to meet the blood need of the war. It was situated at the site of the present All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Chittaranjan Avenue, Calcutta.
1945: The above blood bank was shifted to Calcutta Medical College and Hospital and started functioning as the first civilian blood bank of the country (Central Blood Bank).
1998: Supreme Court banned buying blood from commercial sellers in India.
1616: First systematic work was done by Dr. William Harvey of England when he established that blood circulates in human body .
1665: Dr. Richard Lower of England performed the first recorded successful blood transfusion from one dog to another . This was followed by transfusion of animal blood to human being by many doctors resulting in loss of lives.
1678: Pope forbade blood transfusion by his proclamation.
1818: Dr. James Blundell (an obstetrician of England) invented an instrument for transfusing blood and actually transfused blood from human being directly to a dying patient to save her life. He first propagated the fact that only human blood can be transfused to another human being.
1901: Dr. Karl Landsteiner (a pathologist) of Austria (V ienna) discovered ABO
Blood groups.
1914: Dr. Hustin of Belgium discovered the technique of preventing coagulation of stored blood outside human body in bottle with the help of sodium citrate solution.
1930: Dr. Karl Landsteiner was awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discovery of blood groups.
1932: Dr. Andre Bagdasarov (Russia) developed the method of preserving blood collected from a donor in bottle at 4 degree centigrade temperature for 21 days by adding glucose with sodium citrate in a measured quantity in the blood bottle.
1936: Dr . Normal Bethune of Canada established the first blood bank of the world at Madrid in Spain during the Spanish Civil War .
1940: Dr. Karl Landsteiner and Dr. Alexander Weiner discovered Rhesus factor in blood.
1942: First blood bank of India was established at Calcutta to meet the blood need of the war. It was situated at the site of the present All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Chittaranjan Avenue, Calcutta.
1945: The above blood bank was shifted to Calcutta Medical College and Hospital and started functioning as the first civilian blood bank of the country (Central Blood Bank).
1998: Supreme Court banned buying blood from commercial sellers in India.