Blood, Sweat and Tears
a history of bodily fluids
$31.33
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
27 April 2026
Summary
Blood, Sweat, and More: A History of Our Bodily Fluids
Our ancestors didn’t just take the piss… They used it too.
The human body leaks. It oozes. It sweats and spits. It bursts, it bleeds and it squirts. Over the history of humanity, our bodies have evolved into sophisticated vessels for survival, leaving a long trail of fluids in our wake.
Whether we’re coughing it up or swallowing it down, our bodily fluids are essential to our life and health. Yet, in the past cou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781835985045 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1835985041 |
| Author: | Ruben Verwaal, Andy Brown, David McKay |
| Publisher: | Canelo |
| Imprint: | August Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 27 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Ruben Verwaal
Ruben E. Verwaal is NWO Rubicon Research Fellow at the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University, and curator of the medical collections at the Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam. He specialises in history of early modern science and medicine, material culture, and critical medical humanities.
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