The Mysteries Within: A Surgeon Explores Myth, Medicine, and the Human Body
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ISBN: 0684854872 / Publisher: Simon & Schuster, March 2001
A respected doctor offers a discussion of the traditions and folklore of medicine, focusing on the effort to understand the human body, and including anecdotes from his own medical career.
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<b>*A New York Times Notable Book*</b><br> <br> <b>From the author of the National Book Award-winning <i>How We Die</i> comes a blend of “fascinating stories…about human anatomy and the surgeon’s complicated profession” (<i>Chicago Tribune</i>).</b><br><br>Dr. Sherwin Nuland, “a gifted and deeply intelligent writer” (<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>), 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.<br> <br>A brilliant blend of science and folklore, <i>The Mysteries Within</i> reveals the enigmas not only of the body but also of the human imagination.
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