 Jean-Baptiste Denis |
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He performed the first-ever blood transfusion to a person.
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| Louis Diamond |
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He co-discovered that what seemed to be four separate infant diseases were actually variations on a single syndrome.
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| Charles Drew |
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Because of his research into the storage and shipment of blood plasma he is credited with saving hundreds of British lives during World War II.
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| Bruce Evatt |
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He identified AIDS as a blood-borne disease affecting persons with hemophilia and blood-transfusion recipients.
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| Bernard Fantus |
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He improved safety with exceedingly careful preparation of containers, solutions, and tubing.
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| Galen |
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His total output has been estimated at
more than 2 1/2 million words. Those of his writings which survive make up over half the extant works of ancient medicine.
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| Robert Gallo |
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Many credit him as the co-discoverer of HIV.
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| William Harvey |
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He was the founder of modern experimental physiology.
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| Bernice Hemphill |
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She co-founded the California Blood Bank System and initiated its Reciprocity Plan.
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| William Hewson |
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He was the first to observe the lymphocytes in the thymus and spleen.
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| Hippocrates |
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Considered the father of medicine, he put a definitive stamp on the character of Greek medicine.
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| Ludwig Hirszfeld |
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He was the first to foresee the serological conflict between mother and child.
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| Douglas B. Kendrick |
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He developed and implemented the use of blood, plasma, and albumin during World War II and Korea.
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| Geoffrey Keynes |
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A highly respected surgeon before his
retirement, he was also an admired writer on medicine.
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Photos: Hippocrates and Reuben Ottenberg, courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.
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