The Wisdom of the Body: Discovering the Human Spirit
by Sherwin B. Nuland
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Through discussion of human biology and anatomy, explores the miracle of living and identifies the essence of human life as the human spirit which is inseparable from the body.Tags
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I bought it after thorougly enjoying [b:How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter|49286|How We Die Reflections on Life's Final Chapter|Sherwin B. Nuland|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320545680s/49286.jpg|1299474], and I don't think this "sequel" is as good, but it is still very enjoyable. You are served a lighthanded overview in anatomy and physiology which is informative while being entartaining - you have less of the drama of [b:How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter|49286|How We Die Reflections on Life's Final Chapter|Sherwin B. Nuland|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320545680s/49286.jpg|1299474], though, so, gross at the next statement may seem, it is less of a page turner.
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Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland was born Shepsel Ber Nudelman on December 8, 1930 in the Bronx, New York. He received a bachelor's degree from New York University in 1951 and a medical degree from Yale University in 1955. He decided to specialize in surgery and in 1958, became the chief surgical resident at Yale-New Haven Hospital. From 1962 to 1991, he was show more a clinical professor of surgery at Yale University, where he also taught bioethics and medical history. Before retiring to write full-time, he was a surgeon at Yale-New Haven Hospital from 1962 to 1992. His books include Doctors: The Biography of Medicine, The Wisdom of the Body, The Doctors' Plague, The Uncertain Art, and the memoir Lost in America. His book, How We Die, won the National Book Award for nonfiction in 1994. He was also a contributing editor to The American Scholar and The New Republic. He died of prostate cancer on March 3, 2014 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- The Wisdom of the Body
- Alternate titles
- How We Live
- Disambiguation notice
- The Wisdom of the Body was republished as How We Live.
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