Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution

by Holly Tucker

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A riveting account of the first blood transfusion experiments in 17th-century Paris and London, Blood Work gives us a vivid glimpse of a particularly fraught period in history--a time of fire and plague, empire building and international distrust, when monsters were believed to inhabit the seas and the boundary between science and superstition was still in flux. Amid this atmosphere of uncertainty, transfusionists like Denis became embroiled in the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0393070557

ISBN13:9780393070552

Release Date:March 2011

Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company

Length:304 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 5.9" x 8.6"

Related Subjects

Murder Investigations 17th Century Education & Reference History & Philosophy Internal Medicine Medical Medical Books Medicine Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Science

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