The Wine-Dark Sea Within: A Turbulent History of Blood British Archaeological Reports Harry Edgerton

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The Wine-Dark Sea Within: A Turbulent History of Blood British Archaeological Reports Harry EdgertonISBN 13: 9781541600669 Publisher: Basic Books Publication date: 06 07 2022 Pages: 384 Sales rank: 658,282 Product dimensions: 6. 30(w) x 9. 30(h) x 1. 40(d) A revisionist history of medicine, in which blood plays the starring role Inspired by Homers description of the ebb and flow of the wine dark sea, the ancient Greeks conceived a back and forth movement of blood. That false notion, perpetuated by the influential Roman physician Galen, prevailed for