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Blood and Justice: The 17 Century Parisian Doctor Who Made Blood Transfusion History
ISBN: 978-0-470-84842-5
Hardcover
248 pages
December 2002
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"…the author has told a fascinating story that is not without contemporary resonance…" (The Sunday Telegraph, 10 November 2002)

"…Dr Pete Moore’s enthralling, closely researched and very peculiar tale of Jean-Baptiste Denis’s attempts at blood transfusion…" (Daily Telegraph, 7 December 2002)

"…a hair-raising chronicle of the kinds of experiments that would never be allowed today…" (Focus, February 2003)

"…Pete Moore's entertaining book describes the people and ideas at the heart of the issue..." (Times Literary Supplement, 24 January 2003)

"…Moore writes in an informed, often amusing way about the bizarre and gory experiments that resulted in today’s medical practices…" (Good Book Guide, February 2003)

"Dr Moore not only tells a good story about past events, he also provides an illustrative case study…" (Nursing Standard, 13 August 2003)

“…Pete Moore has also created a tantalizing tale of mystique and macabre..."  (Medical History, Vol 48 No 4 October 2004)