| ISBN |
0465079687 (hardback)
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| ISBN13桁 |
9780465079681 (hardback)
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| 無効なISBN等 |
9780465079674 (e-book)
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| テキストの言語 |
英語
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| 分類：NDC10版 |
491.3
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| 個人著者標目 |
Francis, Gavin,
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| 本タイトル |
Adventures in human being :
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| タイトル関連情報 |
a grand tour from the cranium to the calcaneum /
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| 著者名 |
Gavin Francis.
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| 出版地・頒布地 |
New York :
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| 出版者・頒布者名 |
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
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| 出版年・頒布年 |
2015
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| 数量 |
xi, 252 pages :
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| 他の形態的事項 |
illustrations ;
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| 大きさ |
22 cm
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| 書誌注記 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and index.
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| 内容注記 |
A note on confidentiality -- Prologue -- Brain. Neurosurgery of the soul -- Seizures, sanctity & psychiatry -- Head. Eye : a renaissance of vision -- Face : beautiful palsy -- Inner ear : voodoo & vertigo -- Chest. Lung : The breath of life -- Heart : on seagull murmurs, ebb & flow -- Breast : two views on healing -- Upper limb. Shoulder : arms & armor -- Wrist & hand : punched, cut & crucified -- Abdomen. Kidney : the ultimate gift -- Liver : a fairy-tale ending -- Large bowel & rectum : a magnificent work of art -- Pelvis. Genitalia : of making babies -- Womb : thresholds of life & death -- Afterbirth : eat it, burn it, bury it under a tree -- Lower limb. Hip : Jacob & the angel -- Feet & toes : footsteps in the basement -- Epilogue.
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| 要約、抄録、注釈等 |
"We all have plenty of long-held ideas about our bodies, but for many of us our bodies remain uncharted territory. In Adventures in Human Being, physician and award-winning author Gavin Francis leads readers on a journey into the hidden pathways of the human body, from the brain's pea-sized pineal gland--the so-called "seat of the soul"--To the delicate machinery of the hand, and from the cranium to the calcaneum, the largest bone in the foot. Drawing on his work as a General Practitioner in Scotland, as well as his experiences traveling and practicing medicine in Africa, Asia, Antarctica, and the Arctic, Francis blends case studies, first-hand accounts, and episodes from medical history, philosophy, and literature to reveal not only what can go wrong with our bodies, but also how our ideas about our anatomy have evolved. Mirroring the structure of classic anatomy books, Adventures in Human Being proceeds from the brain down to the feet, stopping along the way to reflect on how seizures occur, what vertigo really means, and why kidney transplants work. At its heart, Adventures in Human Being is a reflection on what it means to be human: for behind each disease, degeneration, or miraculous recovery lies a story of suffering and survival, lucky and unlucky, fragile and resilient. Poetic, eloquent and profoundly perceptive, Adventures in Human Being will transform the way you view your body"--
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| 一般件名 |
Human physiology.
Human body. |
| 資料情報1 |
『Adventures in human being :
a grand tour from the cranium to the calcaneum /』 Gavin Francis. Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015
（所蔵館：中央
請求記号：F/491.3/F81/A
資料コード：7107384265）
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| URL |
https://catalog.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/winj/opac/switch-detail.do?lang=ja&bibid=1352020324 |
