About this title: A surgeon guides readers on an unconventional tour of the human body, examining the intersection of folklore and scientific interpretation throughout the history of Western medicine. Balancing playful anecdotes with detailed anatomical clarifications, this book probes both the mythology and science of specific internal organs, and examines the need for debunking such myths while understanding their origins. A New York Times Notable Book for 2000.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 02/2000
ISBN-13:9780684854861ISBN:0684854864
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780684854861ISBN:0684854864
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. A very nice copy. The pages are clean and unmarked. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780684854861ISBN:0684854864
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780684854861ISBN:0684854864
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Nice well kept copy. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 286 p. Contains: Illustrations.. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2000-02-18
ISBN-13:9780684854861ISBN:0684854864
Description: Good. Ex-library hardback book with dustjacket, typical library markings, no highlighting, underlining or notes, good reading, study, research book. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780684854861ISBN:0684854864
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Great reading condition, Mylar jacket, Normal library markings. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780684854861ISBN:0684854864
Description: Very good in fine dust jacket. inscription on front endpaper; otherwise fine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780684854861ISBN:0684854864
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780684854861ISBN:0684854864
Description: Near Fine jacket. 0684854864 Front panel of dust jacket little wrinkled. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780684854861ISBN:0684854864
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Every part of the human being (from heart to liver to spleen and intestine) has a history and a mystery surrounding it. This book (written by a Surgeon) explores these "mysteries." The book culminates with how wonderful the scientific method has dispelled the mysteries and has graduated medicine into a true science not some philosophy of people who know nothing about the real workings of the body."
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