Friday, June 24, 2011

June 15, 1667: First Human Blood Transfusion Is Performed

1667: The first blood transfusion involving a human being is performed.
Jean-Baptiste Denys, personal physician to France’s Louis XIV, is generally credited with performing the first human blood transfusion, although some sources award that distinction to Englishman William Lower. What is not in dispute is the year — 1667 — and the patient — a 15-year-old [...]

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