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Blood work : a tale of medicine and murder in the scientific revolution

Title
  1. Blood work : a tale of medicine and murder in the scientific revolution / Holly Tucker.
Published by
  1. New York : W.W. Norton, c2011.
Author
  1. Tucker, Holly.

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Description
  1. xxix, 304 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Subject
  1. Denis, Jean Baptiste, -1704
  2. Blood > Transfusion > History > Europe > 17th century
  3. Blood Transfusion > history > Europe
  4. History, 17th Century > Europe
  5. Homicide > history > Europe
  6. Human Experimentation > history > Europe
  7. Public Opinion > Europe
  8. Science > history > Europe
Contents
  1. 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.
Call number
  1. JSD 14-3
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-289) and index.
Author
  1. Tucker, Holly.
Title
  1. Blood work : a tale of medicine and murder in the scientific revolution / Holly Tucker.
Imprint
  1. New York : W.W. Norton, c2011.
Edition
  1. 1st ed.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-289) and index.
LCCN
  1. 2010046340
ISBN
  1. 9780393070552
  2. 0393070557
Research call number
  1. JSD 14-3
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