Modern blood banking and transfusion practices
This book begins with a review of basic science and blood preservation, and continues to provide students with a working knowledge of modern blood banking as it focuses on the how and why of transfusion practice, presenting a perfect 'crossmatch' of theory and practice.
Revolutions: the big science of visionary biology -- Transfusions: ideas, people, and places -- Voyagers: to Mars and back -- Earthly realities: the health of the ruling elite -- Struggles for viability: proletarian science in action -- Blood and socialism: the death of a hero -…
Examines Bogdanov's roles as revolutionary, novelist, and scientist, presenting his protagonist as a coherent thinker who pursued his ideas in a wide range of venues. This title offers an analysis of the interactions between scientific ideas and societal values.
Bogdanov worked tirelessly to popularize and realize his vision of a worker physiological collective, founding the first research institute devoted to the science of blood transfusion. This book examines his roles as revolutionary, novelist and scientist.
Much like Vladimir Lenin, his onetime rival for the leadership of the Bolshevik party during its formative years, Alexander Bogdanov (1873-1928) was a visionary. In two science fiction novels set on Mars, Bogdanov imagined a future in which the workers of the world, liberated fr…
"This first extensive study of the practice of blood transfusion in Africa traces the history of one of the most important therapies in modern medicine from the period of colonial rule to independence and the AIDS epidemic. The introduction of transfusion held great promise for …
This study of the practice of blood transfusion in Africa traces the history of one of the most important therapies in modern medicine from the period of colonial rule to independence and the AIDS epidemic. The introduction of transfusion held great promise for improving health,…