it starts with william harvey. the english doctor who researched the circulatory system. he chopped up ahead of the a rooster, and he had his own ventilator, which was a chimney below. he stuck it in the windpipe and pushed air into the rooster's lungs, and it revived the rooster. you could keep this rooster alive without his head. in 1903, cushing, an american surgeon, thought that if the person has fatal brain damage, it are they alive or dead? he gave a speech on artificial respiration. and he was able to keep one patient alive for 23 days this way. the heart continued to beat wildly gave him artificial respiration. in the 40s and 50s, a remarkable thing happened. it was the polio epidemic. there was a proto- ventilator. it is a better ventilator than ventilators we had later. there were entire floors of hospitals devoted to iron lungs and kids who had -- who would otherwise die without them. we have less bulky methods now, all these people being kept alive. at that time, not today, but in that time, they were crowding of the icus. this pushed a group of people to form

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. >> guest: yes, yes, yes and it starts with william harvey, the english doctor who chartered the circulatory system. he was wondering about what is the pentacle organ and he chopped off the head of a rooster. he had his own ventilator which was a -- and he stuck it in the windpipe and pushed air into the rooster's lungs. it revived the rooster. he could keep this rooster live without it. in 1903, cushing, an american surgeon, thought is a person with fatal brain damage, are they alive or dead? he gave his patients artificial respiration, old-fashioned, push on the back, elbows up artificial respiration and he was able to keep the patient alive for 23 days this way. the heart continued to. >> while he gave them artificial restoration and in the 1950's there was a polio epidemic. the iron lung is basically a proto- ventilator. it's a better ventilator than the ventilator we had later. there were entire floors of hospitals devoted to iron lung's and kids who would otherwise die without them. the ventilator we know today is less bulky mechanism that came about and we had all those people. at tha

and the -- it starts with william harvey, the english doctor who charted the circulatory system. he was wondering about what's the pivotal organ. and he chopped off the head of a rooster. and he had his own ventilator which is a chimney bell close. and he stuck it in the windpipe and pushed air into the rooster's lungs, and it revived the rooster. he could keep this rooster alive without his head. and then in 1903cushing, an american surgeon, thought is a person with fatal brain damage r they alive or dead? so he gave one of his patients artificial respiration, old-fashioned, you know, push on the back, pull the elbows up respiration, and he was able to keep one patient alive for 23 days this way. the heart continued to beat while he gave him artificial respiration. and then in the '40s and '50s a remarkable thing happened was the polio epidemic. and the iron lung is, basically, a protoventilateer. in many ways it's a better ventilator than ventilators we had later. but we were keeping, obviously, thousands -- there were entire floors of hospitals devoted to iron lungs and kids w

century, specifically as a response in many ways to the discovery of blood circulation in 1628 by william harvey. from there people wanted to test the idea of blood circulation, so they started putting fluids -- all types of things, liquor, booze, opium, milk, water -- into the veins of dogs. because the idea in the 17th century is that blood -- and if you think about early medicine, right? the first thing you think about is leeches, right? and you also think about lance ets and blood let'sing, so the very point of putting blood in made no sense to the early 7th century mind. -- 17th century mind. but they needed to test harvey's idea. the way they tested it was testing the earlier predecessors who believed that blood, of course, did not circulate, but rather was the product of the digestive system. so you ate food, it went into the stomach, it got purified into the liver, into the red-gold of blood, and then it made a one-way trip up to the heart where the heart served as a furnace, blood was burned off. you breathe out to get rid of the fumes. so when harvey came up with the idea that blood ac

harvey firesteen will be live in studio 57. since williamiversary in we'll take a look back. and if you could, would you want to remember every detail of your life? marilu henner can. she'll tell us why she's had almost a perfect memory since 12. only 12 people in the world can do that. you're watching "cbs this morning." you can get us on facebook and twitter, too. >>> toss the ball. >> we showed this to you yesterday. a little boy at the yankees slaib rangers game crying after the couple took the ball. that couple has been taking a lot of flack and now they're trying to explain, saying they're so much in love, they never noticed the little guy. in the meantime, the parents say they're so sorry the other couple is getting such a negative reaction. pbelieve those people did that n purpose. >> they say they were totally unaware. >> yes. >> and i was upset about it. i admit it. i said, if they knew the kid was there, i thought it was terrible. they're saying they didn't know. they didn't see it. they were totally unaware, caught up in the mome

harvey firesteen will be live in studio 57. since williamiversary in we'll take a look back. and if you could, would you want to remember every detail of your life? marilu henner can. she'll tell us why she's had almost a perfect memory since 12. only 12 people in the world can do that. you're watching "cbs this morning." you can get us on facebook and twitter, too. >> four minute before 8:00. check out the sun and clouds in the harbor but take my word, it's prettier than that. it's a camera iris thing. here's the weather. >>> take a look at the forecast today -- it will be great. 62 will be the high. sunny, breezy, upper 40s. now here's sharon in the jjz traffic control. >> good morning, everybody. we have some issues, still the accident 83 southbound at york road, another problem, an accident on white road 136 between deep run and eagles grove. all lanes are blocked so take addy instead. west lombard, one lane blocked and debris on the north side. there's a look at the speeds in the beltway in the 40s. there's a live look outside on 95 and

harvey joined now from rangoon. what is expected from this trip today? >> he said in malaysia before coming here that he wants to assess things for himself, see things firsthand. the british foreign secretary, william haggis, was here in january. david cameron feel that a stop here is worthwhile, as british -- britain considers its position toward sanctions. and the european union is also discussing sanctions policy. there's a lot -- an awful lot going on in diplomacy this month. given the colonial history between britain and burma, it made sense for him to come here and get an assessment with his own eyes. >> rachel, the prime minister is travelling with a business delegation, some of whom include defense firms. is it too soon to lift the arms embargo and other restrictions on key industries, such as mining and timber? >> it is almost certain that the arms embargo will not be lifted by anybody, whether the u.s., the u.k., or the e.u.. that will stay in place. the question is, which of the sanctions could be eased, if any, at this stage? there are two schools of thought. one is, within some countries in the european union, it is now time to allow trade in all sectors, to allow greater financial ass