Blood

by Leo Vroman

The only thriving wildlife still barely touched is the hot, confusing & poorly lit world within. The strangely shaped glands & bones, the transparent lungs, the dense tangle of cells in the brain hold worlds within worlds; & thru it all, streams of blood. Vroman drew his 1st sample of blood shortly after WWII &, during the past 20 years, has made its study his vocation & avocation. The mechanisms of coagulation have been of particular fascination & it's the story of his research on the prothrombin complex that introduced the reader of this volume to all aspects of human blood--its development, structure & function. Based on up-to-date biochemical research.IntroductionThe Structure of Blood; Coagulation; HemophiliaHOW WE PLAY WITH The Atom; The Hydrogen Bond; Hydrophobic Binding; Protein Formation; Protein AnalysisHOW PROTEINS PLAY WITH US; The Prothrombin Compex; Proteins & Heredity; Monomolecuilar Films; Hemoglobin; Thrombosis & the Hageman FactorRED Membrane Functions; Blood Types; The Formation of Red Cells; Radioactive Counts; Hemoglobin an Red Cell Survival WHITE White Cell Count; Neutrophils, Eosinophils, Basophils; Lymphocytes, Plasma Cells & ImmunityTHE Functions of the Blood; HemostasisSome Dates; Some Literature; Some Sizes; Index

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1967

About the author

Leo Vroman (1915-2014) was dichter, bioloog en tekenaar, en een van de meest veelzijdige kunstenaars van zijn tijd. Hij noemde zichzelf een ‘wetenschapsmannetje’, maar zijn poëzie, zijn tekeningen en zijn persoonlijke leven met zijn geliefde Tineke en hun dochters Peggy en Geri waren net zo belangrijk voor hem. Hij vluchtte in WO II uit Nederland en vestigde zich later in Amerika. Daar werd hij bekend als wetenschapper, hier als dichter, vanaf 1947 uitgegeven door uitgeverij Querido. Zijn gedichten zijn grotendeels in het Nederlands gepubliceerd.

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Leo Vroman (1915-2014) was a poet, biologist and draftsman, and one of the most versatile artists of his time. He called himself a 'science man', but his poetry, his drawings and his personal life with his beloved Tineke and their daughters Peggy and Geri were just as important to him. He fled from the Netherlands in WW II and later settled in America. There he became known as a scientist, here as a poet, published in 1947 by the publisher Querido. His poetry is mostly published in Dutch.

Reviews

[Leah Markum · Rating 2 out of 5]

I suspect I'd rate this book as four stars if I had more patience and a higher understanding of small scale biology, but after maybe the 25% progress mark, there got to be so much technical terminology and detailed processes that I wasn't willing to wade through it. Basically, it's not a general audience book but more for college-educated biology nerds. As an college-educated ecology nerd, I struggle with the smaller-scale biology subjects.

[SANTOSH REDDY · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though the book appears to be outdated it gives brief overview of blood and blood products .though there are books on hematology which give more detailed description of blood,but LEO VROMAN has described holistic view of the functioning of blood in the body.

[Erik Graff · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received this copy of Vroman's Blood in the mail as a new subscriber to Natural History magazine while in high school.