LEADER 03750nam 22005295 450 001 9911011652003321 005 20250620130336.0 010 $a3-031-92481-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-92481-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32163422 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32163422 035 $a(CKB)39396031200041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-92481-1 035 $a(OCoLC)1525622240 035 $a(EXLCZ)9939396031200041 100 $a20250620d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBlood: The Science, History, and Mysteries of Life's Vital Flow /$fby Guglielmo Mariani, Peter M Lydyard, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Springer,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (145 pages) 311 08$a3-031-92480-0 327 $a -- Religious and social aspects. -- Bloodletting, an ancient therapy. -- Blood, racism, and misbeliefs. -- Women, blood, and prejudices. -- The discovery of blood. -- The composition of blood, Cells and Plasma. -- Hematology and Immunology. -- Where blood is made, the Bone Marrow. -- How blood gets around the body. -- Not having enough hemoglobin: anemia. -- When blood does not clot properly (hemophilia). -- When there is too much clotting (thrombosis). -- Transfusion of blood and blood components. -- The discovery of blood groups: the requirement of compatible blood. -- Blood-borne viruses. -- Blood tumors and their therapies. 330 $aEvery day, millions of people have diagnostic laboratory tests or donate blood. Why is blood so important? Blood reaches every remote corner of our being, provides nutrients, carries oxygen, and removes impurities from tissues. Blood is not only a transport and defense system, but it also plays a crucial role in maintaining the balance of all the other body systems and organs. All living beings (whether they are warm-blooded such as mammals and birds or cold-blooded such as insects, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrate animals) live thanks to blood, which is essential for life. We all take for granted its existence and importance, without knowing what it contains and its countless and amazing properties. This book is a voyage we would like to take with our readers: it is organized into 4 parts going from the history of blood in religion and ancient populations via the basic science of blood, disorders that we all hear about every day, through to the use of blood and its components in treating several diseases. The Authors have written this book because of their longstanding academic experience in the science related to blood and to disseminate their knowledge to the widest possible audience. This work has been designed to be as comprehensible as possible to diverse groups of individuals who are interested in science in general and in blood in particular. In addition, because several technical terms may not be familiar to the readers a detailed glossary is provided. 606 $aHematology 606 $aImmunologic diseases 606 $aHematology 606 $aImmunological Disorders 615 0$aHematology. 615 0$aImmunologic diseases. 615 14$aHematology. 615 24$aImmunological Disorders. 676 $a616.15 700 $aMariani$b Guglielmo$0303740 701 $aLydyard$b Peter M$01830242 701 $aMannucci$b P. M$g(Pier Mannuccio)$0286347 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911011652003321 996 $aBlood: The Science, History, and Mysteries of Life's Vital Flow$94528657 997 $aUNINA