William Harvey Discovers Circulation of Blood
1628
First Successful Transfusion
1665
Lower Publishes Essay in Philosophical Transactions
1666
Jean-Baptiste Denis Transfuses Human with Cow Blood
June 1667
Arthur Coga Receives Sheep to Human Transfusion
Nov 23, 1667
Transfusion experimentation
1873–1880
Karl Landsteiner Discovers Three Human Blood Groups
1901
Ludvig Hektoen Suggests Crossmatching
1907
Reuben Ottenberg Performs First Crossmatched Transfusion
1907
Roger Lee Identifies Universal Donor Type O
1912
Anticoagulants Developed to Allow Storage of Blood
1914
Oswald Robertson Establishes First Blood Depot
1917
World War I Blood Transfusion Set
1918
Spanish Civil War
1936–1939
First blood bottle developed
1940
Cold Ethanol Fractionation Developed
1940
Blood Screened for Syphilis
1942
Component Therapy Standard
1945
Platelets Reduce Cancer Patient Hemorrhage
1961
Damage Control Resuscitation Concept Developed
1993
FWB Used in Kosovo/Bosnia
1998
Factor VII First Used in Trauma Patients
1999
Massive Transfusion Protocols
2002
Recognition of Coagulopathy of Trauma
2003
Identification of Lethal Triad
2004
Factor VII Concerns Surface
2006
CRASH II Identifies TXA as Trauma Adjunct
2010