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Title: Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Mysterious, Miraculous World of Blood
Author: GEORGE ROSE
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 03/09/2019
Imprint: GRANTA
Price: $25.00
Publishing status: Active
Most humans contain between nine and twelve pints of blood. Here Rose George, who probably contains nine pints, tells nine different stories about the liquid that sustains us, discovering what it reveals about who we are. In Nepal, she meets girls challenging the taboos surrounding menstruation; in the Canadian prairies, she visits a controversial plasma clinic; in Wales she gets a tour of the UK’s only leech farm to learn about the vital role the creatures still play in modern surgery; and in a London hospital she accompanies a medical team revolutionising the way we treat trauma.
Nine Pints reveals the richness and wonder of the potent red fluid that courses around our bodies, unseen but miraculous.
ISBN: 9781846276149
Dimension: 198mm X 129mm
Pages: 384