‘The word “blood” has symbolic significance in many different
spheres’ says Caroline Berry in her precise piece on the importance
of haemoglobin. And, as a geneticist who has spent her life in
science, it’s no surprise to see that the language in her article
is rather different to what might have been used by those of us
more familiar with the arts and humanities.
This culture shock mirrors what happens when many of us are
confronted with ill-health and (for most of us) the …
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