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Manuscripts of ‘father of blood bank’ on display at Regenstein Before Fantus opened the first blood bank, blood transfusions often involved either directly connecting the veins and arteries of the donor and the recipient, or trying to pump un-typed blood into the donor before the inevitable clotting set in. By the time of Fantus’ death in 1940, blood banks were springing up all over the country, forever changing the world of medicine. Fantus was one of the country’s foremost experts on pharmaceutics and perfected the practice of candy-coating medicine for children. chronicle.uchicago.edu /041118/bloodbank.shtml   (539 words)

Blood bank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia News of the Soviet experience traveled to America, where in 1937 Bernard Fantus, director of therapeutics at the Cook County Hospital in Chicago, established the first hospital blood bank in the United States. In creating a hospital laboratory that preserved and stored donor blood, Fantus originated the term "blood bank." Within a few years, hospital and community blood banks were established across the United States. An important breakthrough came in 1939-40 when Karl Landsteiner, Alex Wiener, Philip Levine, and R.E. Stetson discovered the Rh blood group system, which was found to be the cause of the majority of transfusion reactions up to that time. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blood_bank   (441 words)

Red Gold . Printable Page | PBS Fantus was born in Budapest, September 1, 1874. Fantus was the originator of the plan to form a convalescent park in the space between the Cook County Hospital, The Presbyterian Hospital, the Student YMCA and Rush Medical College. From the layman's view the chief contribution of Dr. Fantus was in the establishment of the blood bank on March 15, 1937. www.pbs.org /wnet/redgold/printable/p_fantus.html   (612 words)

Blood bank - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article News of the Soviet experience traveled to America, where in 1937 Bernard Fantus, director of therapeutics at the Cook County Hospital in Chicago, established the first hospital blood bank in the United States. In creating a hospital laboratory that preserved and stored donor blood, Fantus originated the term "blood bank." Within a few years, hospital and community blood banks were established across the United States. An important breakthrough came in 1939-40 when Karl Landsteiner, Alex Wiener, Philip Levine, and R.E. Stetson discovered the Rh blood group system, which was found to be the cause of the majority of transfusion reactions up to that time. www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/b/l/o/Blood_bank.html   (424 words)

Bernard Fantus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Bernard Fantus received his M. degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1899. His primary interest was the study of therapeutics, the branch of medicine which deals with the application of remedies to diseases, and he both taught and wrote extensively on die subject. Fantus' blood bank had a profound effect on major and trauma surgeries. www.franzosenbuschheritagesociety.org /Histories/ForestPark_Harlem/Bernard%20Fantus.htm   (248 words)

Reg honors Chicago blood bank founder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Bernard Fantus was a medical scholar of great renown, mostly known for his role in creating the blood bank. Fantus chose the name of his new enterprise with particular care, seeking to convey an analogy to the system of deposits and withdrawals of a commercial bank to appeal to the people. The show is divided into two main areas: “Dr. Bernard Fantus: Father of the Blood Bank” and “Researching Chicago Medical History.” The former title refers specifically to the life and career of Fantus, and is constructed from his personal archives and designed by Reed Lowrie, biomedical sciences specialist and reference librarian at Crerar. maroon.uchicago.edu /news/articles/2004/11/09/reg_honors_chicago_b.php   (637 words)

AMA Books 1920-1939   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Fantus, B. The technic of medication; discussion for the methods of prescribing and preparing, the indications for, and the uses of, various medicaments. Fantus, B. Useful cathartics; a series of articles on the use and abuse of cathartics with suggestive formulas and recipes. Fantus, B. General technic of medication; an introduction to medicinal technology. www.medlina.com /ama_books_1920-1939.htm   (1373 words)

Chapter 16: Six Years Later: A Call to Revise the Manifesto As we've seen, soon after "A Humanist Manifesto" was published in 1933, there were those who, for various reasons, wanted a revision of the document, and the call continued in the ensuing years. Fantus penciled a first draft on the back of Dr. Potter's March 22 letter. Fantus felt that the ideas he included were needed in the world; he sought to affirm that which could guide men and women of widely differing circumstances. www.infidels.org /library/modern/edwin_wilson/manifesto/ch16.html   (2930 words)

Mouth Washes And Bad Breath   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) The mouth, according to them, has become the seat of all sorts of ailments, and it is the responsibility of every health-conscious consumer to "disinfect" his mouth so that he can be saved from various malevolent fates. Writing on the cleansing of the mouth, Dr. Fantus says: "The essential dentifrice is warm water—and plenty of it; nothing else can take its place and nothing else is needed, excepting a tooth brush to assist it. Fantus continues: "In cleansing the mouth, energetic swishing of warm water back and forth and from side to side should be practiced, rather than mere rinsing. www.oldandsold.com /articles35/health-and-medicine-15.shtml   (801 words)

Fantus Clinic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) The Clinic was named for Dr. Bernard Fantus, famed Cook County Hospital physician, who served as head of the Pharmacology and Therapeutic Department for many years. He established the first blood-bank in America in Cook County Hospital, and was most influential in teaching the proper medical care and simplification of treatment of patients. In the 1957 Bond Issue, three and a half million dollars were provided for a new modern clinic building, to give better care for the increased number of patients, which had risen to 240,000 visits, or an increase of 300% in 20 years. www.cchil.org /Cch/fantus.htm   (394 words)

Blood bank -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Oswald Robertson, a (Click link for more info and facts about U.S. Army) U.S. Army officer who established the depots, is now recognized as the creator of the first blood bank. News of the Soviet experience traveled to America, where in 1937 Bernard Fantus, director of therapeutics at the Cook County Hospital in (Largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan) Chicago, established the first hospital blood bank in the United States. An important breakthrough came in 1939-40 when (United States pathologist (born in Austria) who discovered human blood groups (1868-1943)) Karl Landsteiner, Alex Wiener, Philip Levine, and R.E. Stetson discovered the Rh blood group system, which was found to be the cause of the majority of transfusion reactions up to that time. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/B/Bl/Blood_bank.htm   (359 words)

fantus The Clinic was named for Dr. Bernard Fantus, famed Cook County Hospital physician, who served as head of the Pharmacology & Therapeutic Department for... 1937 Bernard Fantus, director of therapeutics at the Cook County Hospital in Chicago, establishes the first hospital blood bank in... I George Fantus is a researcher for the University Health Network, one of the largest cancer research institutes in North America. www.logicjungle.com /find-fantus.html   (240 words)

History of John H   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Blood bank founder, Dr. Bernard Fantus opens a blood bank preservation laboratory. The County reopens the West Side Hospital at Fantus Out-Patient Clinic, named in memory of Dr. Bernard Fantus. Fantus Out-Patient Clinic moves to Harrison and Winchester Streets and reopens as Fantus Health Center in 1972. www.ccbhs.org /ophthalmology/history1004.html   (956 words)

Black Invention Myths   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) By the mid-1930s the Russians had set up a national network of facilities for the collection, typing, and storage of blood extracted from donors both living and deceased. Bernard Fantus, influenced by the Russian program, established the first hospital blood bank in the United States at Chicago's Cook County Hospital in 1937. It was Fantus who coined the term "blood bank." See highlights of transfusion history from the American Association of Blood Banks. www.naawp.net /black_invention_myths.htm   (5837 words)

Thursday, March 15, 2001 - LIFE IS A BALANCING ACT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) What’s even more surprising is that no one is turned away at the door if they need a loan. Bernard Fantus established the world’s first blood bank on this day in 1937, at Chicago’s Cook County Hospital. Both blood and plasma could finally be safely collected, stored and distributed to patients who did not have family with similar blood types — a breakthrough for surgical procedures and emergency treatments. www.yourdailythoughts.com /031501~1.HTM   (681 words)

cook county children's hospital primary care pediatrics residency program Opened in 1998, the CORE Center offers compassionate, holistic, multi-disciplinary care as well as leadership in infectious disease, clinical, and behavioral science research for pregnant women, children and adolescents. The Pediatric Ambulatory clinics (including the Continuity Clinics for residents) are located in the Fantus Health Center on the Stroger hospital campus. This building is named for Bernard Fantus, who opened the world's first blood bank at Cook County Hospital in 1937. countypeds.org /stroger.html   (557 words)

The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw Cambridge Companions to Literature Supersite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) George Bernard Shaw called her andquot;the greatest for Annie and her companions. She may have been wayward and Philosophy, or the private companion of young married people.. Bernard Shaw Beard, George andamp; Rockwell, A.D. The Medical Use Of Electricity.. auctions.dunningadvertising.com /listings/the-cambridge-companion-to-george-bernard-shaw-cambridge-companions-to-literature.htm   (410 words)

DawgNet: Letters to the editor Bernard Fantus, director of therapeutics at the Cook County Hospital in Chicago, established the first American blood bank in 1937. In fact, it was Fantus who originated the term "blood bank." Source: American Association of Blood Banks (http://www.aabb.org/all_about_blood/FAQs/aabb_faqs.htm#8). Morgan did invent a variation of traffic signal in 1923, but by then traffic signals had already been in use for years. www.dawgnetnews.com /archive/040223/2123.html   (1006 words)

Heart Conditions and Surgery - First Blood Bank   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) 1937 - Bernard Fantus, director of therapeutics at the... 1937 Bernard Fantus, director of therapeutics at the Cook County Hospital in Chicago,... The first true blood bank was organized at Chicago's Cook County Hospital. www.bartshearts.co.uk /first_blood_bank.html   (252 words)

The Twentieth Century Some antihistamines are also useful as sedatives and for the prevention of motion sickness...Bovet was born on 1907 and died in 1992...he received the Noble Prize in 1957 for his disscoveries "relating to synthetic compounds that inhibit the action of certain body substances, and especially their action on the vascular system and the skeletal muscles." The first blood bank was set up by Bernard Fantus, at Cook County hospital in Chicago...he had found that blood treated with a 2% solution of sodium citrate would not clot and so could be stored in refrigerators, but that it would only last for ten days...Fantus Clinic still exists at Cook Count Hospital. The radio telescope was invented by American, Grote Reber...In 1931, Karl Jansky, a radio engineer with Bell Telephone Laboratories, New Jersey, while trying to identify the direction of thunderstorm static, stumbled upon a source of static which seemed to have an extraterrestrial origin. hoflink.com /~jeckert/1937.html   (750 words)

wiki/Blood bank Definition / wiki/Blood bank Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) News of the Soviet experience traveled to America, where in 1937 Bernard Fantus, director of therapeutics at the Cook County Hospital in ChicagoChicago is the third largest city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles, with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 US Census. When combined with its suburbs, it has a metro area population rapidly approaching 10 million. An important breakthrough came in 1939-40 when Karl LandsteinerKarl Landsteiner (June 14, 1868 - June 26, 1943), was an Austrian biologist. www.elresearch.com /wiki/Blood_bank   (854 words)

Blood Bank   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) UK Cord Blood Bank-umblilcal cord blood stem cell processing and long-term storage located in London and providing service throughout Europe. Joe Chaffin, MD. By Jennifer Carnig News Office, Ex Libris Bernard Fantus MD, bookplate, no date. A complete medical check- up is done by the medical officer. www.pictureprobe.com /bank/blood-bank.html   (281 words)

Technology Education - Medicine In France the most brilliant physiologist of the time was Claude Bernard, whose many important discoveries were the outcome of carefully planned experiments. His researches clarified the role of the pancreas in digestion, revealed the presence of glycogen in the liver, and explained how the contraction and expansion of the blood vessels are controlled by vasomotor nerves. Although it took another world war before these were organized on a large scale, the first tentative steps were taken by Sergey Sergeyevich Yudin, of Moscow, who, in 1933, used cadaver blood, and by Bernard Fantus, of Chicago, who, four years later, used living donors as his source of supply. www.geocities.com /tech_ed_2000/bio/medical/medicine.htm   (19851 words)

Biblio: General Technic of Medication: Methods of Prescribing and Preparing Medicaments, with a Discussion of Their ... Biblio: General Technic of Medication: Methods of Prescribing and Preparing Medicaments, with a Discussion of Their Indications, Uses and Administrations by Fantus, Bernard, M.D: Details Fantus, Bernard, M.D: General Technic of Medication: Methods of Prescribing and Preparing Medicaments, with a Discussion of Their Indications, Uses and Administrations PLEASE make sure you have provided us with the billing address of your credit card, in addition to where the book will be shipped. www.biblio.com /books/7865616.html   (132 words)

January Highlights Sponsored by Regents Park by the Clinton Companies, both concerts are offered at a special low price to encourage students and young families to experience live classical music. In 1937, Bernard Fantus established what is now recognized as the world’s first blood bank when he opened a blood preservation laboratory at Chicago’s Cook County Hospital. Drawing on materials recently donated by Fantus’ niece, Muriel Fulton, this exhibition examines the creation of the blood bank and Fantus’ other significant achievements. chronicle.uchicago.edu /050106/calendar.shtml   (229 words)

Gotham Gazette -- Blood Shortage Using the patient's husband as a donor, the doctor extracted four ounces of blood from his arm and with a syringe successfully transfused blood to the patient. It was not until 1937 that Bernard Fantus, at the Cook County Hospital in Chicago, established the first hospital blood bank to preserve and store donor blood. New York became one of the earliest cities to have a blood bank. www.gothamgazette.com /commentary/94.waltman.shtml   (1265 words)

Dr. Charles Richard Drew - pictures biography photos blood plasma bank preservation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Under Dr. John Scudder, research director of the center, he carried out investigations in the preservation and storage of blood, a problem that had earlier been investigated in the Soviet Union and in Spain during the civil war but had received little attention in this country. He also investigated the use of plasma (blood with the cells removed) in transfusions, and in 1939 established the hospital's first blood bank, patterned on that set up by Dr. Bernard Fantus at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. In 1940 Drew received the Sc.D. degree from Columbia, with a thesis on banked blood and methods of blood preservation. www.charlesdrew.biz   (1144 words)

U.S. Politics Online: A Political Discussion Forum - College scholarship discrimination Bernard Fantus created the world's first blood bank at the Cook County hospital in 1937. He treated the blood with Sodium Citrate and preserved it for 10 days. Where did Bernard Fantus get the blood for his blood bank, unless he asked someone to donate blood. www.uspoliticsonline.com /forums/showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=2360   (2152 words)

The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories On the other hand, the world’s blood bank has come a long way in developing the preservation of blood and blood components by putting in place a strict programme of quality control and quality assurance. Called Cook County Hospital Blood Bank, it was established by Dr Bernard Fantus who was born in Austria but brought up and educated in the U.S. In 1935, Dr Bernard Fantus organised the Cook County Hospital Blood Preservation Laboratory at Chicago in order to investigate the possibility of preserving the blood of living donors. As a result of his findings, Fantus advocated that his lab be opened to the public. www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20041028/cth1.htm   (5333 words)

Publications Available for Sale Bernard Weinberg, 1909-1973: A Tribute and a Bibliography (1974) -- $1.00 Bernard Fantus: Father of the Blood Bank; bound with Researching Chicago Medical History: Sources in the University of Chicago Library) (2004) -- free Bernard Fantus: Father of the Blood Bank (2004) -- free www.lib.uchicago.edu /e/spcl/pub.html   (1961 words)

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