The Mysteries Within (Magill’s Literary Annual 2001)
At a glance:
- Author: Sherwin B. Nuland
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Medicine
- Time of Work: Ancient Greece to the present
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Subjects: Medicine, Greek or Roman times, Anatomy
Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland, a clinical professor of surgery at the Yale School of Medicine, is the author of several books designed to make current medical information accessible to a general readership. Among them are The Wisdom of the Body (1997) and How We Die (1994), the latter a national best seller that has been translated into sixteen languages. The Mysteries Within considers specifically five of the major organs of the central part of the body: stomach, liver, spleen, heart, and uterus. Nuland discusses the current state of information about these organs in the...
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