Blood : the stuff of life

Blood : the stuff of life / Lawrence Hill.

Blood runs red through every person's arteries and fulfills the same functions in every human being. The study of blood has advanced our understanding of biology and improved medical treatments, but its cultural and social representations have divided us perennially. Blood pulses through religi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hill, Lawrence, 1957- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Coogee, N.S.W. : NewSouth Publishing, 2014.
Subjects:
Blood.
blood (animal material)
MEDICAL > Physiology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Blood
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Table of Contents:
  • CHAPTER 1. Go Careful with that Blood of Mine: Blood Counts
  • CHAPTER 2. We Want it Safe and We Want It Clean: Blood, Truth, and Honour
  • CHAPTER 3. Comes By It Honestly: Blood and Belonging
  • CHAPTER 4. From Humans to Cockroaches: Blood in the Veins of Power and Spectacle
  • CHAPTER 5. Of Presidential Mistresses, Holocaust Survivors, and Long-lost Ancestors: Secrets in our Blood
  • ANNOTATE BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INDEX.

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