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"In the 1840s, a young man named Silas Weir begins practicing medicine in Pennsylvania. Though he is considered inept by family, neighbors, and even his mentor, Dr. Weir discovers he has a gift for phlebotomy, treating patients by bleeding them to purify their bodies. But when an experimental proced...

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Main Author:	Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Human experimentation in medicine > Fiction. Psychiatric hospitals > Fiction. Physicians > Fiction. Phlebotomy > Fiction. Women > Health and hygiene > Fiction. Women's hospitals > Fiction. Medical fiction. Historical fiction.
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