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| Preface | p. 7 |
| Perspectives on Art, Power, Politics and Pathology | p. 11 |
| "My blood for thee" | p. 21 |
| Magia Sanguinis: Blood and magic in Classical antiquity | p. 33 |
| Bleeding Hearts, Bleeding Parts: Scarificial blood in Maya society | p. 41 |
| Sanguis Suavis: Blood between microcosm and macrocosm | p. 55 |
| A Fountain Filled with Blood: Representations of Christ's blood from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century | p. 65 |
| Blood: Sacrifice and redemption in Christian iconography | p. 89 |
| The Pump: Harvey and the circulation of the blood | p. 101 |
| Blood: The pure, clear, lovely, and amiable juice | p. 109 |
| "The predistination of our Habsburg dynasty": Habsburg marriage policies and the phenomenon of "pure blood" in European dynasties | p. 121 |
| The Blood of Tsars: The Romanovs and the Russian imperial house | p. 137 |
| Self-made Man: The shift from blood to genetics | p. 149 |
| "Blood is a most particular fluid": Blood as the object of scientific discovery and Romantic mystification | p. 157 |
| Transfusion, with Teeth | p. 175 |
| Blood-Transmitted Diseases | p. 193 |
| Reflections on Blood in Contemporary Art | p. 205 |
| The Culture of Violence and the Politics of Colorful Sweaters: Benetton's "World without Borders" | p. 217 |
| The World's Legacy is in Our Blood: A look at the first century of genetic research | p. 231 |
| App.: Notes, List of Exhibited Works, Acknowledgments | p. 245 |
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