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In the Blood : How Two Outsiders Solved a Centuries-Old Medical Mystery and Took on the US Army by Charles Barber (2023, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherGrand Central Publishing

ISBN-101538709864

ISBN-139781538709863

eBay Product ID (ePID)27057260280

Product Key Features

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameIn the Blood : How Two Outsiders Solved a Centuries-Old Medical Mystery and Took on the Us Army

SubjectEmergency Medicine, Military / United States, Critical Care, General, Science & Technology

Publication Year2023

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, Medical, History

AuthorCharles Barber

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight17.3 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2022-057893

Dewey Edition23/eng/20221209

Reviews"In The Blood is the finest kind of journalism: Riveting, seamless and utterly fascinating. The invention of QuikClot will go down as one of the great medical dramas of our era." -- Sebastian Junger, New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Storm and Tribe, "Astonishing and often disturbing...this story of innovation and persistence merits a wide audience." -- Publishers Weekly, "Fast-paced, races like a thriller. Barber leads readers on the path from product invention to implementation -- and it's a treacherous journey."-- ScienceNews, "[This] story, told by Charles Barber with sensitivity and wisdom and jaw-dropping detail, will amaze and inspire you." -- Robert Kolker, author of Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery, Praise for Citizen Outlaw

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal616.9/8023

Synopsis2024 PEN America E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Finalist The "high-stakes" true story of how an absent-minded inventor and a down-on-his-luck salesman joined forces to create a onceinageneration lifesaving product: "Suspenseful storytelling helps us see and feel the struggle and frustration, the sweat and tears . . . Inspiring" (Robert Kolker, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Valley Road ). At the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, dramatized by the popular film Black Hawk Down , the majority of soldiers who died were killed instantly or bled to death before they could reach an operating table. This tragedy reinforced the need for a revolutionary treatment that could transform trauma medicine. So, when Frank Hursey and Bart Gullong--who had no medical or military experience--discovered that a cheap, crushed rock called zeolite had bloodclotting properties, they brought it to the military's attention. The Marines and the Navy adopted the resulting product, QuikClot, immediately. The Army, however, resisted. It had two products of its own being developed to prevent excessive bleeds, one of which had already cost tens of millions of dollars. The other, "Factor Seven," had a more dangerous complication: its side effects could be deadly. Unwilling to let its efforts end in failure--and led by the highly influential surgeon Colonel John Holcomb--the Army set out to smear QuikClot's reputation. Over the course of six years, Hursey and Gullong engaged in an epic struggle with Holcomb for recognition. Ultimately, a whistleblower inside the Army challenged the Army's embrace of Factor Seven, which resulted in a massive lawsuit led by the U.S. Department of Justice. The lawsuit focused further attention on the financial ties between the pharmaceutical company that produced Factor Seven and Holcomb's research institute. By withholding QuikClot--which later became the medical miracle of the Iraq War--and in the use of Factor Seven with its known, life-threatening risks of heart attacks and strokes, the lives of countless soldiers were imperiled. Using deep reportage and riveting prose, In the Blood recounts this littleknown DavidandGoliath story of corruption, greed, and power within the military--and the devastating consequences of unchecked institutional arrogance., The "high-stakes" true story of how an absent-minded inventor and a down-on-his-luck salesman joined forces to create a once-in-a-generation lifesaving product: "S uspenseful storytelling helps us see and feel the struggle and frustration, the sweat and tears . . . Inspiring " (Robert Kolker, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Valley Road ). At the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, dramatized by the popular film Black Hawk Down , the majority of soldiers who died were killed instantly or bled to death before they could reach an operating table. This tragedy reinforced the need for a revolutionary treatment that could transform trauma medicine. So, when Frank Hursey and Bart Gullong--who had no medical or military experience--discovered that a cheap, crushed rock called zeolite had blood-clotting properties, they brought it to the military's attention. The Marines and the Navy adopted the resulting product, QuikClot, immediately. The Army, however, resisted. It had two products of its own being developed to prevent excessive bleeds, one of which had already cost tens of millions of dollars. The other, "Factor Seven," had a more dangerous complication: its side effects could be deadly. Unwilling to let its efforts end in failure--and led by the highly influential surgeon Colonel John Holcomb--the Army set out to smear QuikClot's reputation. Over the course of six years, Hursey and Gullong engaged in an epic struggle with Holcomb for recognition. Ultimately, a whistle-blower inside the Army challenged the Army's embrace of Factor Seven, which resulted in a massive lawsuit led by the U.S. Department of Justice. The lawsuit focused further attention on the financial ties between the pharmaceutical company that produced Factor Seven and Holcomb's research institute. By withholding QuikClot--which later became the medical miracle of the Iraq War--and in the use of Factor Seven with its known, life-threatening risks of heart attacks and strokes, the lives of countless soldiers were imperiled. Using deep reportage and riveting prose, In the Blood recounts this little-known David-and-Goliath story of corruption, greed, and power within the military--and the devastating consequences of unchecked institutional arrogance.

LC Classification NumberUH223.B37 2023