Blood : [The Biology, Pathology and Mythology of the Body's Most Important Fluid] [Pump and pipes; The humours of it; One man's blood; Granny, miracles, dreams; Life codes; Another man's poisons; Mother against child; Forensic & such; Two shocks; et
by Hackett, Earle, 1921-
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New York : Saturday Review Press ; E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., c1973., 1973. Very Good. 1st American edition ; 3rd printing ; ex-lib ; ISBN: 0841502153 ; LCCN: 72-88895 ; OCLC: 617982 ; LC: RC82; Dewey: 612/.11 ; Examines all aspects of the subject of blood. Covers its medical aspects, place in folklore, uses in crime detection, contributions to the language, and a history of ideas covering it. ; Chapters: Everything flows -- Thicker than water -- Pump and pipes -- The humours of it -- One man's blood -- Granny, miracles, dreams -- Life codes -- Another man's poisons -- Mother against child -- Forensic and such -- Two shocks -- Shared blood -- Blood and iron -- Bad humour -- The bleeders -- Blood of our fathers -- Heartache ; glue marks for just jacket covers on endpages ; line down front flap of dustjac ket cover ; edges slightly soiled ; names on endpapers, else, VG/VG
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- Joseph Valles - Books (US)
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- Blood : [The Biology, Pathology and Mythology of the Body's Most Important Fluid] [Pump and pipes; The humours of it; One man's blood; Granny, miracles, dreams; Life codes; Another man's poisons; Mother against child; Forensic & such; Two shocks; et
- Author
- Hackett, Earle, 1921-
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- Publisher
- New York : Saturday Review Press ; E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., c1973.
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- blood transfusions types RH factor letting hemophilia anemia leukemia evolution blushing fainting crime detection divination DNA vampires bedbugs mosquitoes humours antibodies anticoagulant antigens artery clotting donors groups platelets death foetus abs
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- Catalog 58A - Medicine;
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