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"""It's In Your Blood"" is the recollections of a doctor and a medical scientist who were involved together during the rise of clinical pathology from obscurity to its important place in modern medicine. It traces the development of pathology from the days when tests were done by hand - that are now performed in sophisticated electronic machines. Part memoir, part discussion of the techniques of pathology, ""It's In Your Blood"" is full of fascinating details of pathology and its history, procedures, advances, impact upon the development of modern medicine, and in particular its history in Newcastle. Accessible and engaging, this book humanises one of the most mysterious corners of medicine, and is a great read for anyone with an interest in medical history."

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Dr Peter Hendry has spent more than forty years of his life involved in the practise of pathology. He was President of the World Association of Societies of Pathology from 1972 to 1975 and was awarded the prestigious Gold Cane for his service to the Association in 1983. He was a foundation member of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australia and President from 1974-75.Ian Stanger was a medical technologist in the Newcastle Pathology laboratory, and chief technician of the blood bank there. His contribution to medical technology was acknowledged in 2002 with Life Membership of the Australian Institute of Medical Scientists. Together, Dr Hendry and Mr Stanger were instrumental in the development of pathology in the Newcastle area.

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