An anatomy of human life, vividly illustrated. . . . Awe-inspiring [and] sublimely uplifting.
--Time
Having won the National Book Award for How We Die, his best-selling inquiry into the causes and modes of death, Sherwin Nuland now turns his attention to the miraculous resiliency of human life. For this lucid, wonderful, and wonder-filled new book explores the body's mysterious capacity to marshal disparate organs and processes in the interests of survival.
Like its predecessor, How We Live is filled with gripping medical case histories: a woman is pulled back from the brink of death from inexplicable internal bleeding; another patient triumphs over breast cancer; the "routine" removal of a polyp triggers a nearly lethal medical crisis. For Nuland, each of these cases serves to illustrate the extraordinary responsiveness and adaptability of the human organism. We learn how the aorta's baroreceptors monitor blood pressure and respond to its minutest fluctuations. We follow the intricate chain of electrochemical command that makes us leap out of the path of a speeding car. We discover why the stomach--which is capable of breaking down everything from porridge to pizza--refrains from digesting itself. Informed by sympathy for human suffering and an erudition that includes poetry and the Talmud as well as the medical canon, How We Live is science writing of the rarest kind--lucid, poetic, and genuinely uplifting.
Originally published under the title The Wisdom of the Body
舍温·努兰(Sherwin B.Nuland)
作者在耶鲁大学教授外科和医学史,也是《康涅狄格医学》期刊(Connecticut Medicine)的文学编辑和《医学史及相关科学》期刊(Journal of the History of Mecicine and Alied Sciences)的总编。他所著的《麻醉的起源》(The Origins of Anesthesia)被列为医学图书馆的必备经典。
犹如手术过程的全程直播,资深外科医生的手记严谨、科学、细腻,手术室的生死刹那间细节展现在眼前。 也是科普的好读物,了解医学知识与常识。
评分2014年3月,《生命的脸》作者努兰医生在家中逝世,《纽约时报》用此标题作为纪念:“舍温•努兰,写《死亡的脸》的那个人,去世了,享年83岁。”的确,《死亡的脸:HOW WE DIE》作为努兰医生先入为主的优秀作品,曾被誉为经典,并为努兰赢得了美国国家图书奖的殊荣。 然而,...
评分写于1997年,2002年海南引进台湾译本,书名是外科医生手记,一本是这本“生命的脸”,另外一本是“死亡的脸”。 第一版翻译是医学专业人士,除了医学术语的正确,也第一次让我知道医护关怀到底是个什么样概念。这20年间,经历了直面的生死离别。对疾病,对身体和照护有了切身的...
评分2014年3月,《生命的脸》作者努兰医生在家中逝世,《纽约时报》用此标题作为纪念:“舍温•努兰,写《死亡的脸》的那个人,去世了,享年83岁。”的确,《死亡的脸:HOW WE DIE》作为努兰医生先入为主的优秀作品,曾被誉为经典,并为努兰赢得了美国国家图书奖的殊荣。 然而,...
评分拿起本书就有一种似曾相识的感觉,细品才知道本书是身体基本知识和手术案例的有机组合。既有专业的医学硬知识,又有许多作者亲历的救死扶伤的手术室故事。 身为生物系毕业生的我对书中的生物学知识很认同,又同时佩服作者对手术案例的文学性描述。其实,我也边读边敬佩翻译的精...
98年的书,2002年海南出版社翻译了一遍(《生命之脸》),今年中信又翻译了一遍……二十多年了啊…还是看看原版吧
评分Eye-opening review of the human body for people who are not trained in the field of medicine or biology
评分Eye-opening review of the human body for people who are not trained in the field of medicine or biology
评分98年的书,2002年海南出版社翻译了一遍(《生命之脸》),今年中信又翻译了一遍……二十多年了啊…还是看看原版吧
评分Eye-opening review of the human body for people who are not trained in the field of medicine or biology
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