Adventures in Human Being : A Grand Tour from the Cranium to the Calcaneum (Hardcover)

from AlisonY

Somehow I've had a bit of a run on medical non-fiction books this quarter (all of which have been hugely interesting, even to someone who could only manage a C in GCSE Biology). Adventures in Human Being is written by a British GP who takes us on an interesting jaunt through the human body from t...

from snash

The book is a description of the wonders of Human anatomy with a variety of case histories and references to history and literature.

from mnorfolk49

Enjoyable and informative. It was described in one on cover review as unpretentious - probably the word that best described this book for me; it humbly brings a depth of medical, human and philosophical knowledge and thought to the reader.

from ohernaes

I tend to think of medicine as a depressing subject, since so much of it is concerned with something that is sick or wrong. Gavin Francis offers another perspective: "The practice of medicine is not just a journey though the parts of the body and the stories of others, but an exploration of life'...

from eachurch

This is a remarkable book-an enlightening exploration of the human body that weaves together the history of medicine, patient histories, the workings of the human body and how modern medicine is practiced with fairy tales and mythology. He discusses the cultural significance of various parts of o...