The History of Hematology

THE HISTORY OF HEMATOLOGY 

 

The history of haematology dates back to old Egypt and the utilize of blood-letting devices. A breakthrough within the ponder of blood happened in 1642 when Anthony van Leeuwenhoek built a magnifying lens and distinguished blood cells.

 

In 1770, William Hewson, the 'Father of Hematology', presented the clotting highlights of blood and shared his information of leukocytes, or white blood cells. It wasn't until 1818 that James Blundell effectively completed the primarily recorded blood transfusion between people, but the world would need to hold up nearly another hundred a long time sometime recently Reuben Ottenberg utilized blood writing to conduct transfusions and recognized all-inclusiveness of sort O blood.

 

Here are a few other vital dates related to the history of haematology:

 

1901: Karl Landsteiner and his partners characterize the diverse blood bunches: A, B, AB, and O.

 

1914: Richard Lewisohn finds how sodium citrate can be utilized to store blood.

 

1936: The primary blood bank opens in Chicago.

 

1961: The part of platelets in treating cancer patients is identified.

 

1971: Healthcare experts within the Joined together States begin testing blood for Hepatitis B.

 

1983: Specialists in France and the Joined together States find the human immunodeficiency infection (HIV).

 

1987: The Nourishment and Sedate Organization endorses the utilize of azidothymidine (AZT) to treat HIV.

 

The 1990s: Recombinant figure substitution items are utilized to treat haemophilia.

 

- Anis Abasri 🥰