"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Condition: New. . Seller Inventory # 52GZZZ00CHEZ_ns
Book Description Condition: New. . Seller Inventory # 5AUZZZ000U3H_ns
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 26419157-n
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780465096824
Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. 0.57. Seller Inventory # 0465096824-2-1
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "Adventures in Human Being, with its deft mix of the clinical and the lyrical, is a triumph of the eloquent brain and the compassionate heart."--Wall Street Journal We assume we know our bodies intimately, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory, an enigma of bone and muscle, neurons and synapses. How many of us understand the way seizures affect the brain, how the heart is connected to well-being, or the why the foot holds the key to our humanity? In Adventures in Human Being, award-winning author Gavin Francis leads readers on a journey into the hidden pathways of the human body, offering a guide to its inner workings and a celebration of its marvels. Drawing on his experiences as a surgeon, ER specialist, and family physician, Francis blends stories from the clinic with episodes from medical history, philosophy, and literature to describe the body in sickness and in health, in life and in death. When assessing a young woman with paralysis of the face, Francis reflects on the age-old difficulty artists have had in capturing human expression. A veteran of the war in Iraq suffers a shoulder injury that Homer first described three millennia ago in the Iliad.And when a gardener pricks her finger on a dirty rose thorn, her case of bacterial blood poisoning brings to mind the comatose sleeping beauties in the fairy tales we learn as children. At its heart, Adventures in Human Being is a meditation on what it means to be human. Poetic, eloquent, and profoundly perceptive, this book will transform the way you view your body. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780465096824
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 9780465096824
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 0.57. Seller Inventory # 353-0465096824-new
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Seller Inventory # GoldenDragon0465096824
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Brand New Copy. Seller Inventory # BBB_new0465096824