Blood Saga: Hemophilia, Aids, and the Survival of a Community, Updated Edition with a New Preface

by Susan Resnik

Book Overview

For thousands of years boys known as "bleeders" faced an early, painful death from hemophilia. Dubbed "the Royal Disease" because of its identification with Queen Victoria, the world's most renowned carrier, hemophilia is a genetic disease whose sufferers had little recourse until the mid-twentieth century. In the first book to chronicle the emergence and transformation of the hemophilia community, Susan Resnik sets her story within our national political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520211952
• ISBN13: 9780520211957
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Interesting Tale of a Unique Medical Tragedy of our Times

Fascinating read where the cure for the hemophilia community ended up killing those it meant to save. Resnick's style makes easy reading of a complex story.