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Explores the mysteries of the human body--its physiology, systems, and its dynamic modes of communication and response--arguing that the body's ability to work as a harmonious whole presupposes a human spirit inseparable from the body.

The author offers a compilation of personal anecdotes and reflections based on his forty-year career in medicine as he explores various aspects of his discipline, how it is practiced around the globe, the lives of patients, and how the body works.

Chronicles the history of medicine through profiles of important physicians and research scientists and reviews key medical theories and pioneering advances, with portraits of Galen, Andreas Vesalius, William Harvey, Joseph Lister, and other medical pioneers.