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Pale faces : the masks of anemia / Charles L. Bardes ; drawings by Barbara Kilpatrick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bardes, Charles L., 1956- author.
- Series:
- Bellevue Literary Press pathography.
- Bellevue Literary Press Pathography
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anemia.
- Anemia--History.
- Anemia--Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Bellevue Literary Press Pathographies series debuts with a fascinating journey through the history of medicine.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; Propylaeum; Preface: Anemia; I. SYMPTOMS / I FEEL SICK; 1. Diseasification; 2. Pallor; 3. The Malice Sickle; II. DIAGNOSIS / WHAT'S WRONG; 4. The Green Sicknesse; 5. Anemia's Old Tale; 6. What the Doctor Is Thinking; 7. Diagnostic Ceremonies; III. ANEMIC KNOWING; 8. Spleen; 9. Marrow; 10. Diseases of the Blood; 11. Anemia World; IV. TREATMENT / WHAT WOULD THEY DO TO ME?; 12. Iron; 13. Bloodletting; 14. Transfusion; 15. Is Anemia Good for You?; 16. The Blood of the Medusa; V. MYTHOS / STORY; 17. The Birth of Clinical Tragedy; 18. Why Again Greeks?; POSTSCRIPT; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- NOTES AND REFERENCESINDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-934137-91-X
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