Blood Work ─ A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution

In December 1667, maverickphysician Jean Denis transfused calf’s blood into one of Paris’s most notoriousmadmen. Days later, the madman was dead and Denis was framed for murder. Ariveting expose of the fierce debates, deadly politics, and cutthroat rivalriesbehind the first transfusion experiments, Blood Work takes us from dissection rooms in palaces to thestreets of Paris, providing an unforgettable portrait of an era that wrestledwith the same questions about morality and experimentation that haunt medicalscience today.