How did transfusion of blood evolve from past to present time

I hate to just paste a link, but the Wikipedia article is extensive and well written, and answers all of your criteria: ...

O- blood types can only receive blood from other O- types because the antibodies for O blood will not take type A or B

IF YOU READ THEIR LATEST TRANSLATION OF THEIR 'PERFECT "CREED IT ALLOWS FOR HUMAN BLOOD FACTORS TO BE TRANSFUSED, BUT THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS ARE'NT ALLOWED. KIN...

Not the way they screen donated blood today. Over the last few years, they have tightened up even more. Syphilis is sexually transmitted anyhow. You can give it to your partner through genitalia ...

Some atheletes, like the bike riders that do Tour De France, use blood enhancers. They inject things like Procrit, which helps the body produce more red blood cells, therefore can carry more oxyge...

Theoretically you could get it through any portal of entry. So in addition to any natural openings on the body, the eyes, cuticles, cuts, or punctures could be a route to get it. Theoretically ...

This mother is obeying God rather than men and there are many options open for her and her child. Bloodless surgery is now available for not only Witnesses but for anyone who opts not to take blood...

You're right; AB is the easiest type to transfuse because ANYONE can give them blood--they are, as you say, "universal recipients." (Maybe those writers should take a genetics class...