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(The Henry E. Sigerist Series in the History of Medicine.) By Keith Wailoo. 288 pp. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. $39.95. ISBN 0-8018-5474-1.

In the introduction to this history of 20th-century hematologic diseases, Keith Wailoo asks, "What is the relationship between technology, especially diagnostic technology, and disease?" If nothing else, Drawing Blood shows that this relation is extremely complex, shaped not only by the biologic characteristics of specific diseases and the mechanics of various forms of technology, but also by the larger culture in which disease and technology acquire meaning.

Wailoo examines the appearance, disappearance, and reclassification of five 20th-century "blood diseases": chlorosis, splenic anemia, aplastic anemia, pernicious anemia, and sickle cell disease. He does not tell heroic stories of discovery and technological . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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