Blood (39 page)

Robert, Marie-Pierre,
81

Robertson, Oswald,
32

Robespierre, Maximilien de,
255

Rodgers, Bill,
119

Rodríguez Juárez, Juan,
189

Roman Catholic Church: author’s grandmother and,
276
; and Holocaust,
291
; Holy Eucharist of,
11
,
142
; and Jews/Muslims by,
225
,
265
,
313
; and Sor Juana,
235
,
238
; Spanish Inquisition of,
225
,
265
,
268
,
288
,
313
; and witches,
226

Romulus and Remus,
169

Rosner, Fred,
26

Ross, Sir Ronald,
48

Roth, Philip:
The Human Stain
,
298

Rowling, J. K.: Harry Potter books of,
260
,
262
,
265

Rubens, Peter Paul:
The Bacchanal
,
223

Ruiz, Rosie,
119

Russell, Jeffrey B., and Brooks Alexander,
222
,
224
,
227

Rwanda: genocide in,
270
,
272

sacrifices to God/deities: animals as,
78
,
234
; humans as,
75
; of Sor Juana,
235

Salem witch trials,
224
,
227

Sanchez, Aida,
297

Sanson, Charles-Louis,
257

Santiago de Compostela (Spain),
269

Schmeling, Max,
70

Schuessler, Michael,
236

Science
(magazine),
93

Scott, Duncan Campbell,
211

secrets, as revealed by blood,
11
,
276
; in author’s family,
276
; black ancestry,
293
; evidence of murder,
283
,
285
; forensic analysis of,
285
; genetic research and,
308
; guilt over murder,
282
,
285
; and racial passing,
156
,
293
; religion,
287
; women’s virginity,
142
, .
See also
“passing,”
and entry following

Seinfeld, Jerry,
45

Semmelweis, Ignaz,
50

seppuku (Japanese ritual suicide),
79

September
11
terrorist attacks,
99
,
175
,
179

Shabdeen, Sabreena,
167

Shakespeare, William,
12
;
Macbeth
,
282
;
The Merchant of Venice
,
63

Shankman, Steven,
77

sickle-cell anemia,
46
,
90

Simpson, Nicole Brown,
286

Simpson, O. J.,
286

Sisyphus,
19

“Sixties Scoop,” of Aboriginal children,
159

Skelton, Martha Wayles,
306

Sky, Amy,
149

Sky Jordan, Zoe,
149

Slaney, Catherine,
156

slaughterhouses,
248

slavery: and black ancestry,
135
,
146
,
191
,
195
,
213
; in Canada,
154
,
293
; as Cherokee practice,
197
,
198
; Jefferson and,
303
; rape and,
272
; and Southern planter society,
48
,
306

Smith, Tommie,
69

Spanish Civil War,
32

Spanish Inquisition,
225
,
265
,
268
,
288
,
313

sports,
67
,
115
; author’s experiences in,
69
; Findlay’s Olympic debacle,
67
,
126
; history of cheating in,
119
; Johnson’s steroid scandal,
120
,
130
,
132
; legal training methods for,
126
; Tour de France blood doping scandal,
20
,
116
,
121
,
124
,
132
; as violent spectacle,
65
,
241
,
243
; widespread cheating in,
122
,
124
.
See also
blood doping; Olympic Games;
specific athletes

Springsteen, Bruce: “Born in the U.S.A.,”
172

Stallone, Sylvester,
242

Staples, Brent,
296

Steen, David,
72

Steinem, Gloria: and criticism of
Artemsia
(film),
86
; “If Men Could Menstruate,”
44

Stellingwerff, Hilary,
127

Stellingwerff, Trent,
127

stem cells,
89
; adult,
96
; in bone marrow,
89
,
98
; human embryonic,
92
; induced pluripotency of,
96
; proof of existence of,
94
; from umbilical cord blood,
90
,
96

stem cells, human embryonic,
92
; adult cells as alternative to,
96
; discovery of,
92
; ethical issues over use of,
89
,
94
; pluripotency of,
92
,
96

stem cells, research on,
74
,
89
; and bone marrow transplants,
89
; as legacy of atomic bomb,
91
,
94
; U.S. funding restrictions on,
93
,
95

Stephens, Thomas M.:
Dictionary of Latin American Racial and Ethnic Terminology
,
192

steroid use, in athletics,
120
,
123
.
See also
Johnson, Ben

stigmata,
12

Stoker, Bram:
Dracula
,
261

Sturm, Circe,
197

Sunahara, Ann Gomer,
175

Sutherland, George,
182

Tahrir Square (Cairo),
220

tainted blood scandal,
74
,
107
,
314
; Arkansas prisoners and,
107
; and gay blood donor ban,
109
; Krever Commission on,
108
; new agencies created under,
109
,
111

Talmud,
26
,
55

Talos (mythological figure),
82

Tassi, Agostino,
85

Teillet, Jean,
201
,
212

Terrell, Ernie,
247

Thevis, Mario,
119

Thind, Bhagat Singh,
182
,
185

Thomas, E. Donnall,
91
,
94

Thomson, James,
94

Thurmond, Strom,
95
,
194

Till, James,
94

Toronto Labour Committee for Human Rights,
185
,
187

Tour de France,
20
,
132
; Armstrong’s cheating in,
20
,
116
,
121
,
124
,
132

Trémaudan, Auguste Henri de,
202

Trudeau, Justin,
150

Trudeau, Pierre Elliott,
150

Trump, Donald,
172

truth and honour, as associated with blood,
67
; blood donation policies and,
74
,
98
; blood doping scandal and,
20
,
116
,
121
,
124
,
132
; in Gentileschi’s story,
84
; honour killings and,
80
; and modifications to blood,
74
,
87
,
115
; in mythology,
82
; in ritual suicide,
79
; in sacrifices to deities,
75
,
234
; in sports,
67
,
115
; stem cell research and,
74
,
89
; steroid use scandal and,
120
,
130
,
132
; tainted blood scandal and,
74
,
107
.
See also specific topics

Turner, John,
171

Turner, Tina,
309

Tuskegee Syphilis Study,
100

Tutsis, as murdered in Rwanda,
270

Twilight books (Meyer),
260

Tyson, Mike,
247

ultimate fighting,
245
,
248

UN
Convention on the Rights of the Child,
163

UN
Human Rights Committee,
178

United States Anti-Doping Agency,
118
,
124

United States Army: author’s grandfather as officer in,
276
,
277
; and blood segregation policy,
102
; early blood depot of,
32
;
MASH
units of,
33

United States Constitution: Fourteenth Amendment,
170
; Fourth Amendment,
232
; Second Amendment,
254

United States Health Service,
100

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,
291

United States Navy,
102

Uranus (Greek god),
82

vampires, in popular culture,
260

Vetter, Werner,
289

von Willebrand disease,
9
,
46

Walker, James,
183
,
186

War Measures Act,
175

Warsame, Jama,
176

Washington, George,
27

Washington-Williams, Essie Mae,
194

Wayles, John,
306

Weil, Patrick,
169

Whipple, Allen O.,
101

white blood cells,
14
,
15
,
17
,
21
,
46
,
138
; multiplication of,
8
,
55
,
90

Winfrey, Oprah,
116
,
130
,
309

Winge, Mårten Eskil:
Parting from Orvar Odd after the Fight on Samsö
,
166

Winnipeg Children’s Hospital,
52

WinRho
SDF
(immune serum for Rh disease),
54

witches,
221
; ancient precursors of,
221
; Catholic Church and,
225
; as lacking blood,
222
,
227
; literary portrayals of,
227
; persecution of,
224
; sexual deviancy of,
222
,
225
,
226
; treatises on,
225
; water as harmful to,
228