Jean-Baptiste Denis
Jean-Baptiste Denis (* around 1640 in Paris ; † October 3, 1704 there ) was one of the doctors of the French King Louis XIV. He carried out the first fully documented blood transfusion on humans.
Life
Denis was born around 1640 as the son of a royal water engineer who was responsible for the water supply from the Seine to the fountains in the garden of Versailles . It cannot be proven whether Denis studied in Reims or Montpellier . From 1664 he taught mathematics, physics and medicine in his apartment in Paris. These lectures were also distributed in writing.
It went down in medical history with the first documented blood transfusion . Following the discovery of blood circulation by William Harvey in around 1650 and various attempts at blood transfusion between animals in England and France in 1665 and 1666, Jean-Baptiste Denis conducted the first recorded successful blood transfer of animal blood on June 15, 1667 in Paris (a lamb) to the human (a 15 year old boy). The boy survived the transfusion. After two deaths occurred in three other transfusions, a court ruled on April 17, 1668 that transfusions could only be carried out after approval by the medical faculty of the University of Paris. As a result, the procedure was initially no longer practiced.
literature
- Axel W. Bauer : The first human blood transfusion by Jean-Baptiste Denis in 1667 from a medical-historical perspective. In: transfusion medicine. Vol. 8 (2018), H. 1, pp. 33-39, DOI: 10.1055 / s-0043-118767 .
Web links
- Biography of Jean-Baptiste Denis (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Denis, Jean-Baptiste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French doctor of Louis XIV, first documented blood transfusion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1640 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 1704 |
| Place of death | Paris |