Blood: an Epic History of Medicine and Commerce
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Blood: an Epic History of Medicine and Commerce by Douglas Starr
Powerfully involving narrative and incisive detail, clarity and inherent drama: Blood offers in abundance the qualities that define the best popular science writing. Here is the sweeping story of a substance that has been feared, revered, mythologized, and used in magic and medicine from earliest times--a substance that has become the center of a huge, secretive, and often dangerous worldwide commerce.
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Blood was described by judges as a gripping page-turner, a significant contribution to the history of medicine and technology and a cautionary tale. Meticulously reported and exhaustively documented.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780679418757 |
| ISBN 10 | 067941875X |
| Title | Blood: an Epic History of Medicine and Commerce |
| Author | Douglas Starr |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1998-09-22 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Prizes | Winner of L.A. Times Book Prize (Science/Technology) 1998 |
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