The Resource Adventures in human being, Gavin Francis
Adventures in human being, Gavin Francis
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The item Adventures in human being, Gavin Francis represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- We have a lifetime?s association with our bodies, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory. In Adventures in Human Being, Gavin Francis leads the reader through a cultural map of the body, taking in health and illness, and offering insights on everything from the ribbed surface of the brain to the secret workings of the heart and the womb, from the pulse of life at the wrist to the unique engineering of the foot. Drawing on his own experiences as a physician and writer, he blends first-hand case studies with reflections on the way the body has been imagined and portrayed over millennia. If the body is a foreign country, then the practice of medicine explores new territory: Francis leads the reader on an adventure through what it means to be human
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 252 pages
- Contents
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- Machine generated contents note: Brain
- 1.Neurosurgery of the Soul
- 2.Seizures, Sanctity & Psychiatry
- Head
- 3.Eye: A Renaissance of Vision
- 4.Face: Beautiful Palsy
- 5.Inner Ear: Voodoo & Vertigo
- Chest
- 6.Lung: The Breath of Life
- 7.Heart: On Seagull Murmurs, Ebb & Flow
- 8.Breast: Two Views on Healing
- Upper Limb
- 9.Shoulder: Arms & Armour
- 10.Wrist & Hand: Punched, Cut & Crucified
- Abdomen
- 11.Kidney: The Ultimate Gift
- 12.Liver: A Fairy-Tale Ending
- 13.Large Bowel & Rectum: A Magnificent Work of Art
- Pelvis
- 14.Genitalia: Of Making Babies
- 15.Womb: Threshold of Life & Death
- 16.Afterbirth: Eat it, Burn it, Bury it under a Tree
- Lower Limb
- 17.Hip: Jacob & the Angel
- 18.Feet & Toes: Footsteps in the Basement
- Isbn
- 9781781253410
- Label
- Adventures in human being
- Title
- Adventures in human being
- Statement of responsibility
- Gavin Francis
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- We have a lifetime?s association with our bodies, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory. In Adventures in Human Being, Gavin Francis leads the reader through a cultural map of the body, taking in health and illness, and offering insights on everything from the ribbed surface of the brain to the secret workings of the heart and the womb, from the pulse of life at the wrist to the unique engineering of the foot. Drawing on his own experiences as a physician and writer, he blends first-hand case studies with reflections on the way the body has been imagined and portrayed over millennia. If the body is a foreign country, then the practice of medicine explores new territory: Francis leads the reader on an adventure through what it means to be human
- Summary
- "Drawing on his experiences as a surgeon, ER specialist and family physician, the author blends stories from the clinic with episodes from medical history, philosophy and literature to describe the body in sickness and in health, in life and in death
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- 10450881
- Cataloging source
- NLE
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- Francis, Gavin
- Dewey number
- 612
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Human body
- Human physiology
- Health
- Diseases
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a grand tour from the cranium to the calcaneum
- Label
- Adventures in human being, Gavin Francis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- Carrier MARC source
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- still image
- text
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- rdacontent
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Brain -- 1.Neurosurgery of the Soul -- 2.Seizures, Sanctity & Psychiatry -- Head -- 3.Eye: A Renaissance of Vision -- 4.Face: Beautiful Palsy -- 5.Inner Ear: Voodoo & Vertigo -- Chest -- 6.Lung: The Breath of Life -- 7.Heart: On Seagull Murmurs, Ebb & Flow -- 8.Breast: Two Views on Healing -- Upper Limb -- 9.Shoulder: Arms & Armour -- 10.Wrist & Hand: Punched, Cut & Crucified -- Abdomen -- 11.Kidney: The Ultimate Gift -- 12.Liver: A Fairy-Tale Ending -- 13.Large Bowel & Rectum: A Magnificent Work of Art -- Pelvis -- 14.Genitalia: Of Making Babies -- 15.Womb: Threshold of Life & Death -- 16.Afterbirth: Eat it, Burn it, Bury it under a Tree -- Lower Limb -- 17.Hip: Jacob & the Angel -- 18.Feet & Toes: Footsteps in the Basement
- Control code
- 000054838541
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 252 pages
- Isbn
- 9781781253410
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)910166269
- Label
- Adventures in human being, Gavin Francis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- still image
- text
- Content type code
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- sti
- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Brain -- 1.Neurosurgery of the Soul -- 2.Seizures, Sanctity & Psychiatry -- Head -- 3.Eye: A Renaissance of Vision -- 4.Face: Beautiful Palsy -- 5.Inner Ear: Voodoo & Vertigo -- Chest -- 6.Lung: The Breath of Life -- 7.Heart: On Seagull Murmurs, Ebb & Flow -- 8.Breast: Two Views on Healing -- Upper Limb -- 9.Shoulder: Arms & Armour -- 10.Wrist & Hand: Punched, Cut & Crucified -- Abdomen -- 11.Kidney: The Ultimate Gift -- 12.Liver: A Fairy-Tale Ending -- 13.Large Bowel & Rectum: A Magnificent Work of Art -- Pelvis -- 14.Genitalia: Of Making Babies -- 15.Womb: Threshold of Life & Death -- 16.Afterbirth: Eat it, Burn it, Bury it under a Tree -- Lower Limb -- 17.Hip: Jacob & the Angel -- 18.Feet & Toes: Footsteps in the Basement
- Control code
- 000054838541
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 252 pages
- Isbn
- 9781781253410
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)910166269
Subject
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueFrancis, Gavin
- trueHealth
- trueHuman anatomy
- trueHuman body
- trueHuman physiology
- trueLife stories -- Science, technology, and medicine | Healthcare professionals
- trueScience Writing -- Medicine and health
- trueScience writing -- Medicine
- trueDiseases
- trueEssays
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