Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution
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Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution

Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution

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Holly Tucker (Author)  

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In December 1667, maverick physician Jean Denis transfused calf's blood into one of Paris's most notorious madmen. Days later, the madman was dead and Denis was framed for murder. A riveting expose of the fierce debates, deadly politics, and cutthroat rivalries behind the first transfusion experiments, Blood Work takes us from dissection rooms in palaces to the streets of Paris, providing an unforgettable portrait of an era that wrestled with the same questions about morality and experimentation that haunt medical science today. 33 illustrations
Holly Tucker is the author of City of Light, City of Poison and Blood Work, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year, and is a professor of French at Vanderbilt University. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and Aix-en-Provence, France.
  • Contributor: Holly Tucker
  • Imprint: WW Norton & Co
  • ISBN13: 9780393342239
  • Number of Pages: 336
  • Packaged Dimensions: 140x211x23mm
  • Packaged Weight: 261
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: WW Norton & Co
  • Release Date: 2012-05-22
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Holly Tucker is the author of City of Light, City of Poison and Blood Work, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year, and is a professor of French at Vanderbilt University. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and Aix-en-Provence, France.

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