Blood Work

by Holly Tucker

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An interesting little book about the 17th century science of blood, blood circulation and blood transfusion. The book is a well researched narrative of the "race" between the French and the English to see who could do the first successful blood transfusion and is, at times, rather graphic.

The real take away of this book is how our social, moral, political views effect scientific research. In Dr. Tucker’s words, “My greatest hope is that when historians tell our own story decades and centuries from now, they will be able to say that we thought these issues through well and addressed them with fearless curiosity.” This review was originally posted on THE PFAEFFLE JOURNAL