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Blood Work

A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution
Tucker, Holly (Book - 2011)
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Blood Work


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A sharp-eyed expose of the deadly politics, murderous plots, and cutthroat rivalries behind the first blood transfusions in seventeenth-century Europe.

Imprint: New York - WW Norton
Pages: 304
Edition: 1st ed
ISBN: 9780393070552, 0393070557
Call number: 615.39 T892b 2011
Language: English
Contents: The doctor and the madman
Circulation
The age of vivisection
Plague and fire
Philosophical transactions
Noble ambitions
How high will he not climb?
The king's library
The philosopher's stone
The blood of a beast
The Tower of London
Bedlam
Monsters and marvels
The widow
The affair of the poisons
Chimeras
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
The doctor and the madman -- Circulation -- The age of vivisection -- Plague and fire -- Philosophical transactions -- Noble ambitions -- How high will he not climb? -- The king's library -- The philosopher's stone -- The blood of a beast -- The Tower of London -- Bedlam -- Monsters and marvels -- The widow -- The affair of the poisons -- Chimeras
Statement of responsibility: Holly Tucker
Characteristics: xxix, 304 p. :,ill. ;,22 cm
Author (Original Script): Tucker, Holly
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