Five quarts
a personal and natural history of blood
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2005 - Ballentine Books, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
72,500 words, Guess
Page Count
290 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL20944364M
- ISBN-100345456874
- OCLC Control Number55228955
- OCLC Control Numberfivequartsperson0000haye
- Library of Congress Control Number2004050171
and 2 more
- LibraryThing35606
- Goodreads550912
Classifications
- LCCQP91.H454 2004
Description
A personal and informative exploration of the history of human blood traces attitudes toward the vital substance, from ancient times, through a Victorian Europe decimated by hemophilia, to today's modern day high-tech laboratories. Writer Hayes is our guide on a whirlwind journey through history, literature, mythology, and science by means of the great red river that runs five quarts strong through our bodies. Along the way, there will be world-changing triumphs: William Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood; Dr. Paul Ehrlich's Nobel-Prize-winning work in immunology; Dr. Jay Levy's co-discovery of the virus that causes AIDS. This is also a personal voyage, in which Hayes recounts the impact of the vital fluid in his daily life, from growing up with five sisters and their monthly cycles, to coming out as a gay man during the explosive early days of the AIDS epidemic.--From publisher description.
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