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I’ve had many people ask me why a girl from the cornfields of Illinois would have a passion – no, obsession – for life in 17th century France. The first part of the answer is easy, actually. My paternal grandmother’s family was French; she was truly my kindred spirit....
C-Span Interview
Blood Work Holly Tucker provides an account of the first blood transfusions, which took place in France in 1667, and the fallout from those experiments. Professor Tucker also compared those events to societal concerns about current scientific research. She responded...
NPR Interview
In her new book "Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution, Vanderbilt University professor Holly Tucker tells the sometimes gory history of blood transfusions, a practice that she says began before doctors knew anything about blood types...
Vanderbilt News Podcast
Listen: History of blood transfusion speaks to stem cell debate. Holly Tucker, an associate professor of French, has written a fascinating early history of blood transfusions that reads like an eerie murder mystery. Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the...
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