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Flesh and blood : organ transplantation and blood transfusion in twentieth-century America / Susan E. Lederer.

Van Pelt Library RD120.7 .L42 2008
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lederer, Susan E.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--United States--History--20th century.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Blood--Transfusion--United States--History--20th century.
Blood.
Organ Transplantation--history.
Blood--Transfusion.
History.
United States.
Blood Transfusion--history.
Blood Transfusion--psychology.
History, 20th Century.
Organ Transplantation--psychology.
Social Change--history.
Medical Subjects:
Organ Transplantation--history.
United States.
Blood Transfusion--history.
Blood Transfusion--psychology.
History, 20th Century.
Organ Transplantation--psychology.
Social Change--history.
Physical Description:
xvi, 224 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Contents:
Living on the Island of Doctor Moreau : grafting tissues in the early twentieth century
Miracles of resurrection : reinventing blood transfusion in the twentieth century
Banking on the body
Lost boundaries : race, blood, and bodies
Are you my type? : blood groups, individuality, and difference
Medicalizing miscegenation: transplantation and race
Religious bodies
Organ recital : transplantation and transfusion in historical perspective.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780195161502
0195161505
OCLC:
173201758

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