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Index
Cover page
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication page
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
1 A history of blood
Blood as metaphor
Blood in medicine
A renaissance in blood biology
Harvey’s modern view of blood
2 What is blood?
Red cells
White cells
Platelets and blood clotting
Plasma
3 Fighting disease
Vaccination
The cellular immune system
Cells or molecules?
Cells and molecules
4 Haemoglobin
What is haemoglobin?
Haemoglobin and oxygen
The evolution of haemoglobin
Haemoglobin’s relatives
Haemoglobin and disease
Haemoglobin as a diagnostic tool
5 Blood pressure and blood flow
Measuring blood pressure
Blood pressure and health
Treating high blood pressure
Blood flow
Changing the flow
6 Blood transfusion
Transfusing animal blood
Transfusing human blood
Blood banks
When transfusions go wrong
7 Epilogue: the future of blood
References
Further reading
Index
Social Media
Online Catalogue
Human Anatomy
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