The mysteries within : a surgeon reflects on medical myths / Sherwin B. Nuland
By: Nuland, Sherwin B.
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2000Description: 286 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780684854878.Subject(s): Human body -- Folklore | Human body -- Mythology | Human anatomy -- Mythology | Human body -- Symbolic aspects | Folklore | Heart | Liver | Mythology | Spleen | Stomach | UterusGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | R133 .N77 2001 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000006725 |
Includes index
Ch. 1. The stomach: a little boy's big secret -- Ch. 2. The stomach: soul, spirit, and centrality -- Ch. 3. The stomach: ghostly gases, mystical acids -- Ch. 4. The liver: dumb luck and the surgeon -- Ch. 5. The liver: source of life -- Ch. 6. The spleen: organ of mystery, organ of melancholy -- Ch. 7. The heart: cracking the valve -- Ch. 8. The heart: the first and last dying -- Ch. 9. The uterus: the hysterical passion -- Ch. 10. Reproduction: babies in boxes