Nine Pints : : a Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
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My pint -- That most singular and valuable reptile -- Janet and Percy -- Blood borne -- The yellow stuff -- Rotting pickles -- Nasty cloths -- Code red -- Blood like Guinness : the future.
Explores the science, traditions, and myths surrounding blood, from ancient bloodletting practices to the development of mass blood donations during the Blitz and from researchers working on synthetic blood to the lucrative business of plasma transfusions.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Metropolitan Books/ Henry Holt and Company, 2018.
Year Published: 2018
Description: 353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781627796378
1627796371
SUBJECTS
Blood.