The Wisdom of the Body Discovering the Human Spirit

by Nuland, Sherwin B

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Knopf. Fine+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0679444076 . Great Value. Prompt delivery with tracking. Many satisfied customers. Satisfaction guaranteed. ; 1.4 x 9.2 x 6.2 Inches; 395 pages; The author of the acclaimed, National Book Award-winning How We Die now presents an inspiring search--within the interior of our bodies--for the biologically elusive quality of life that defines us. The Wisdom of the Body offers a mesmerizing portrait of the tumultuous universe within us--and shows how, amazingly, the stability of health rides on these tempests. 8 drawings. .

Book summary

A treatise on the physiology and meaning of the human body, written by the Yale professor of surgery whose previous work, "How We Die", won the National Book Award. Nuland explores the ways in which the body's biological equilibrium--its instinctual process of corruption and healing--influences and even defines human nature.