Blood work, a tale of medicine and murder in the scientific revolution, Holly Tucker
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Label
Blood work, a tale of medicine and murder in the scientific revolution, Holly Tucker
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Blood work
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
601108898
Responsibility statement
Holly Tucker
Sub title
a tale of medicine and murder in the scientific revolution
Summary
A sharp-eyed exposé of the deadly politics, murderous plots, and cutthroat rivalries behind the first blood transfusions in seventeenth-century Europe
Table Of 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
Creator
Genre
Subject
- History, 17th Century
- Medicin + historia -- 1600-talet
- Blood + Transfusion -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
- Homicide + history
- Europe
- Medicine + History -- 17th century
- Blodtransfusion + historia -- Europa
- Médecine + Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Sang + Transfusion -- Europe -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Public Opinion
- Blood Transfusion + history
- Medicinska experiment på människor + historia
- Denis, Jean-Baptiste, -1704
- Human Experimentation + history
- Nonfiction
- Science + history
Content
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- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject16
- History, 17th Century
- Medicin + historia -- 1600-talet
- Blood + Transfusion -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
- Homicide + history
- Europe
- Medicine + History -- 17th century
- Blodtransfusion + historia -- Europa
- Médecine + Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Sang + Transfusion -- Europe -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Public Opinion
- Blood Transfusion + history
- Medicinska experiment på människor + historia
- Denis, Jean-Baptiste, -1704
- Human Experimentation + history
- Nonfiction
- Science + history
- Content1
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