Title:
Nine pints : a journey through the money, medicine, and mysteries of blood / Rose George.
Author:
George, Rose, 1969- author.
Publication Information:
New York, New York : Metropolitan Books/ Henry Holt and Company, 2018.
Call Number:
QP91 .G37 2018
Abstract:
Explores the science, traditions, and myths surrounding blood, from ancient bloodletting practices to the development of mass blood donations during the Blitz and from researchers working on synthetic blood to the lucrative business of plasma transfusions.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781627796378
Physical Description:
353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Contents:
My pint -- That most singular and valuable reptile -- Janet and Percy -- Blood borne -- The yellow stuff -- Rotting pickles -- Nasty cloths -- Code red -- Blood like Guinness : the future.
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