Blood: A Very Short Introduction

By:

Cooper, Chris

Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: 147ISBN:

9780199581450

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

612.11 COO

Summary: Blood is vital to most animals. In mammals it transports oxygen and food, carries away waste, and contains the white cells that attack invading microbes. Playing a central role in life, it has had profound cultural and historical significance and plays an important role in religious ritual. Blood was one of the four humours in early Western medicine and is still probably the major diagnostic tool in the doctor's armoury. In this Very Short Introduction, Chris Cooper analyses the components of blood, explains blood groups, and looks at transfusions, blood tests, and blood-borne diseases. He considers what the future may hold, including the possibility of making artificial blood, and producing blood from stem cells in the laborator

List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals October 2025-Liberal Arts and Humanities

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Alliance School of Liberal Arts and Humanities	612.11 COO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		LA06182

Total holds: 0

Browsing Alliance School of Liberal Arts and Humanities shelves Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous								Next
Previous	612.015 KOO Color Atlas of Biochemistry	612.015 KOO Color Atlas of Biochemistry	612.022 DAM Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of the Cultures	612.11 COO Blood: A Very Short Introduction	612.6 DE Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist	612.6 DE Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist	612.6 DE Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist	Next

Blood is vital to most animals. In mammals it transports oxygen and food, carries away waste, and contains the white cells that attack invading microbes. Playing a central role in life, it has had profound cultural and historical significance and plays an important role in religious ritual. Blood was one of the four humours in early Western medicine and is still probably the major diagnostic tool in the doctor's armoury. In this Very Short Introduction, Chris Cooper analyses the components of blood, explains blood groups, and looks at transfusions, blood tests, and blood-borne diseases. He considers what the future may hold, including the possibility of making artificial blood, and producing blood from stem cells in the laborator

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.