Blood Work

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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 exposé 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. Zusammenfassung "Excellent…Tucker’s chronicle of the world of 17th-century science in London and Paris is fascinating." —The Economist

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Holly Tucker, Holly (Vanderbilt University) Tucker
• Editore: Norton and Co Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 22.05.2012
• EAN: 9780393342239
• ISBN: 978-0-393-34223-9
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Salute; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Europe, MEDICAL / Pharmacology, MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Pharmacology, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800