Jean-Baptiste Denys (c. 1640–1704) was a French physician.[1] He studied in Montpellier and was the personal physician to King Louis XIV.

On June 15, 1667, Jean-Baptiste Denys administered the first fully-documented human blood transfusion. A 15-year-old boy, bled too many times to count by other doctors because of a fever, was given nine ounces of lamb's blood. The boy recovered.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "This Month in Anesthesia History". Retrieved on 2007-02-15.

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