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vii l is t o f f i g u r es Fig. 1 “Bloodletting Man” | 13 Fig. 2 Graph of Hirszfeld’s biochemical race index | 31 Fig. 3 Steffan’s depiction of the Atlantic “type A” pole in northern Germany | 53 Fig. 4 Steffan’s depiction of the Gondwanic “type B” pole in Peking | 54 Fig. 5 Otto Reche | 81 Fig. 6 Photograph of researcher drawing a blood sample from a child’s ear | 91 Fig. 7 Diagram of facial shapes to aid examiners in shape classification from German Institute for Blood Group Research | 105 Fig. 8 Profiles showing long, medium, and short skulls from German Institute for Blood Group Research | 105 Fig. 9 Diagram to help determine eye color | 105 Fig. 10 Searching for correlations: A detailed graph by Paul Steffan comparing the blood types and eye colors of 256 subjects | 109 Fig. 11 Map by Paul Steffan showing Hirszfeld’s biochemical racial indices throughout Europe as of 1927 | 113 Fig. 12 Karl Landsteiner | 132 Fig. 13 The blood types O, A, and B in “humans and several other primates” according to Landsteiner and Miller | 134 Fig. 14 Ludwik Hirszfeld | 145 Fig. 15 World map showing distribution percentages of type A blood | 153 Fig. 16 Chart for the Nuremberg Laws, from the Reich Ministry of the Interior, showing the proportion of “German” or “Jewish” blood that determined an individual’s racial classification | 169 Fig. 17 All articles of original research on blood group distribution, 1919–1939 | 183 Fig. 18 “Donor-on-the-hoof” system: possible placements of donor giving blood to recipient | 221 med_04___ok.indd 7 2011-12-18 20:20:07 med_04___ok.indd 8 2011-12-18 20:20:07 ...

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