Bibliograph

Blood work, a tale of medicine and murder in the scientific revolution, Holly Tucker

Type

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 expose 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

Target audience

adult

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