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Apr. 29, 2011
Medicine, Murder And The History of Transfusion
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| In her new book "Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution, Vanderbilt University professor Holly Tucker tells the sometimes gory history of blood transfusions, a practice that she says began before doctors knew anything about blood types or immunology. |
Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer
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Holly Tucker
Author: "Blood Work: A Tale of medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution" (W.W. Norton and Company, 2011)
Associate Professor, Center for Medicine, Health, and Society; Department of French and Italian
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
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Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution
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