Blood

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.Introduction The 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; Some Dates; Some Literature; Some Sizes; Index

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