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The Mysteries Within
A Surgeon Explores Myth, Medicine, and the Human Body
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Artikel-Nr:
9780684854878
Veröffentl:
2000
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.01.2000
Seiten:
290
Autor:
Sherwin B. Nuland
Gewicht:
412 g
Format:
216x140x18 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D., F.A.C.S., is clinical professor of surgery at Yale School of Medicine, where he has taught since 1962. How We Die was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. His most recent book is The Wisdom of the Body, published in paperback as How We Live.
Dr. Sherwin Nuland, author of the National Book Award-winning How We Die, once again combines knowledge, compassion, and elegance of expression to shed light on the workings of our bodies from the perspective of a surgeon. Dr. Nuland recounts age-old legends about the functions and "personalities" of the body's organs and, in riveting vignettes of the surgery he has performed, he describes the connections between myth and reality. A brilliant blend of science and folklore, The Mysteries Within reveals the enigmas not only of the body but also of the human imagination.
ContentsINTRODUCTION1 THE STOMACH: A LITTLE BOY'S BIG SECRET2 THE STOMACH: SOUL, SPIRIT, AND CENTRALITY3 THE STOMACH: GHOSTLY GASES, MYSTICAL ACIDS4 THE LIVER: DUMB LUCK AND THE SURGEON5 THE LIVER: SOURCE OF LIFE6 THE SPLEEN: ORGAN OF MYSTERY, ORGAN OF MELANCHOLY7 THE HEART: CRACKING THE VALVE8 THE HEART: THE FIRST AND LAST DYING9 THE UTERUS: THE HYSTERICAL PASSION10 REPRODUCTION: BABIES IN BOXESEPILOGUEINDEX