BLOOD BANK SECTION Flashcards
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• Immunohematology - branch of immunology deals with
immunologic principles with studying different blood groups
• Blood bank - area in clinical laboratory where blood
products
such as whole blood and blood components
collected from donor are prepared and stored for
transfusion.
Early History
• Pope Innocent VIII (1492) - drank blood from three young
boys in hopes of youth and vitality
ended up being dead
along with the boys.
Animal-to-Animal Transfusion
Jean Baptiste Denis
- Performed the first animal-to-animal transfusion by
bloodletting 16-year-old boy with 9 ounces of lamb’s
blood in exchange of the boy’s 3 ounces of blood
- His second patient was Anton Mauroy receiving calf’s
blood
in which he suffered transfusion reaction but
became well.
• Richard Lower
Transfused sheep’s blood to Arthur Coga
a clergy
student
Human-to-Human Transfusion
• Philip Syng Physick
- Conducted first human-to-human transfusion in 1795