History of BB

Question 1

First recorded blood transfusion was performed on

Answer 1

Pope Innocent VII

Question 2

Discovery of the circulatory system

Answer 2

William Harvey (1616)

Question 3

Animal to animal transfusion (dog to dog)

Answer 3

Richard Lower (1665)

Question 4

Animal to human transfusion (sheep to human)

Answer 4

Jean Baptiste Denys/Denis (1667)

Question 5

First successful blood transfusion and blood preservation techniques

Answer 5

Charles Drew (1941)

Question 6

Director of the first American Red Cross blood bank

Answer 6

Charles Drew (1941)

Question 7

Hospital where the first American Red Cross was established

Answer 7

Presbyterian Hospital (1941)

Question 8

Na3PO4 as anticoagulant

Answer 8

Braxton Hicks (1869)

Question 9

Na3C6H5O7 as anticoagulant

Answer 9

Albert Hustin (1914)

Question 10

Determined the minimum non-toxic amount of Citrate needed to prevent coagulation

Answer 10

Richard Lewisohn (1915)

Question 11

Citrate Dextrose as anticoagulant

Answer 11

Rous and Turner (1916)

Question 12

Acid Citrate Dextrose as anticoagulant

Answer 12

Loutit and Mollison (1943)

Question 13

Utilized glycerol to extend RBC lifespan by 10 years

Answer 13

Audrey Smith (1950)

Question 14

CPD as standard preservative at present

Answer 14

Gibson (1957)

Question 15

First vein to vein transfusion using special cannulas and syringes

Answer 15

Edward Lindemann (1913)

Question 16

Syringe valve apparatus

Answer 16

Lester Unger (1915)

Question 17

ABO blood groups discovered

Answer 17

Karl Landsteiner (1901)

Question 18

Defined the fourth ABO blood group: AB

Answer 18

Alfred von DeCastello and Adriano Sturli (1902)

Question 19

MN and P systems was discovered by

Answer 19

Karl Landsteiner and Philip Levine (1927)

Question 20

Rh blood group was discovered by

Answer 20

Karl Landsteiner and Alexander Wiener (1940)

Question 21

The world’s first blood bank (Chicago)

Answer 21

Cook County Hospital (1937)

Question 22

Who was leader of the world’s first blood bank in Chicago

Answer 22

Dr. Bernard Fantus (1937)

Question 23

First community based blood center (San Francisco)

Answer 23

Irvin Memorial Blood Bank (1941)