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The mysteries within : a surgeon reflects on medical myths /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, c2000.Description: 286 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0684854864
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610 21
LOC classification:
  • R133 .N77 2000
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Status Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 610 NUL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) R133 Available 34517000198674

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.

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