This was important discovery for the concept of blood transfusions (Blood Group, 2015). In England during this time blood transfusions were tested on dogs (Blood Group, 2015). At the time these transfusion were taking place by Jean Baptiste Denis, a physician to King Louis XIV of France. He had been performing blood transfusions by transfusing lambs blood into humans (Blood Group, 2015). During these transfusions he documented the reactions that the patients were having, and these are considered to be the first recorded accounts of we know as hemolytic transfusion reactions (Blood Group, 2015). These reactions are caused by someone is given the wrong blood type. It wasn’t until someone died from this type of transfusion until it was considered against the law. After this tragic loss little progress was made on blood transfusions or blood typing for the next 150
This was important discovery for the concept of blood transfusions (Blood Group, 2015). In England during this time blood transfusions were tested on dogs (Blood Group, 2015). At the time these transfusion were taking place by Jean Baptiste Denis, a physician to King Louis XIV of France. He had been performing blood transfusions by transfusing lambs blood into humans (Blood Group, 2015). During these transfusions he documented the reactions that the patients were having, and these are considered to be the first recorded accounts of we know as hemolytic transfusion reactions (Blood Group, 2015). These reactions are caused by someone is given the wrong blood type. It wasn’t until someone died from this type of transfusion until it was considered against the law. After this tragic loss little progress was made on blood transfusions or blood typing for the next 150