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  • A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution
  • Written by: Holly Tucker
  • Narrated by: Julia Farhat
  • Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins

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Blood Work

Written by: Holly Tucker
Narrated by: Julia Farhat
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Publisher's Summary

In December 1667, maverick physician Jean Denis transfused calf’s blood into one of Paris’s most notorious madmen. Days later, the madman was dead and Denis was framed for murder. A riveting expos of the fierce debates, deadly politics, and cutthroat rivalries behind the first transfusion experiments, Blood Work takes us from dissection rooms in palaces to the streets of Paris, providing an unforgettable portrait of an era that wrestled with the same questions about morality and experimentation that haunt medical science today.

©2011 Holly Tucker (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

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“Excellent.... Tucker’s chronicle of the world of 17th-century science in London and Paris is fascinating.” (The Economist)

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