The Mysteries Within: A Surgeon Explores Myth, Medicine, and the Human Body
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Mysteries Within: A Surgeon Explores Myth, Medicine, and the Human Body
By (Author) Sherwin B. Nuland
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
22nd May 2001
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Popular medicine and health
612
Short-listed for L.A. Times Book Prize (Current Interest) 2000
Physical Properties
Paperback
288
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 18mm
308g
Description
*A New York Times Notable Book*
From the author of the National Book Award-winning How We Die comes a blend of fascinating storiesabout human anatomy and the surgeons complicated profession (Chicago Tribune).
Dr. Sherwin Nuland, a gifted and deeply intelligent writer (San Francisco Chronicle), 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.
Reviews
"To be compelled by fascinating stories while simultaneously learning about human anatomy and the surgeon's complicated profession, you will have to read this book." Lee Gutkind, Chicago Tribune
Author Bio
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.
