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The Mysteries Within: A Surgeon Explores Myth, Medicine, and the Human Body
The Mysteries Within A Surgeon Explores Myth Medicine and the Human Body Author:Sherwin B. Nuland 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 vig... more »nettes 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.« less