Blood
an epic history of medicine and commerce
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
1998 - Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
110,250 words, Guess
Page Count
441 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL699063M
- ISBN-10067941875X
- OCLC Control Number38073279
- OCLC Control Numberbloodepichistory0000star_l2y0
- Library of Congress Control Number97046815
and 2 more
- Goodreads1565147
- LibraryThing247939
Classifications
- DDC362.1/784/09
- LCCRM172 .S728 1998
Description
Essence and emblem of life - feared, revered, mythologized, and used in magic and medicine from earliest times - human blood is now the center of a huge, secretive, and often dangerous worldwide commerce. It is a commerce whose impact upon humanity rivals that of any other business - millions of lives have been saved by blood and its various derivatives, and tens of thousands of lives have been lost. Douglas Starr tells how this came to be, in a sweeping history that ranges through the centuries.
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