4. Blood for the lungs

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Prologue 9
4. Introduction: ‘The mighty influence of strange blood’ 11
5. PART I: SETTING THE SCENE
6. 1. Using the blood of others 17
7. 2. Ambitions and connections 31
8. PART II: PRACTICES
9. 3. Blood on the battlefield 45
10. 4. Blood for the lungs 61
11. 5. Asylum experiments 81
12. PART III: CONTROVERSY
13. 6. Proofs and refutations 105
14. 7. Transgressions 127
15. PART IV: THE FALL
16. 8. Winding up 145
17. Epilogue: The return 159
18. Notes 167
19. Sources and Literature 183
20. Acknowledgements 203
21. Index of Places 205
22. Index of Names 209