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The Unseen Body de Jonathan Reisman

The Unseen Body

Autor Jonathan Reisman
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 25 oct 2021

Imaginați-vă un medic așezat în fața unui cap de oaie gătit, într-o bucătărie izolată din Islanda. Pentru cei mai mulți, aceasta este o experiență culinară exotică; pentru Jonathan Reisman, este o lecție profundă de empatie și o fereastră către propria noastră anatomie. Autorul a scris The Unseen Body din dorința de a sparge barierele clinice și de a reconecta știința medicală cu lumea naturală, convins fiind că nu putem înțelege cu adevărat inima sau plămânii dacă nu înțelegem râurile și pădurile. Considerăm că această lucrare transformă corpul uman dintr-un ansamblu de piese mecanice într-un ecosistem vibrant.

Remarcăm o structură narativă care navighează între expedițiile în regiunea arctică din Alaska și detaliile microscopice ale fluidelor noastre interne. Reisman nu se limitează la explicații academice; el demonstrează cum cunoașterea cumpenelor de ape montane ajută la diagnosticarea unui infarct sau cum granița dintre creier și minte devine palpabilă în aerul rarefiat al Himalayei. Stilul său este liric și cinematic, reușind să prezinte corpul ca pe un teritoriu neexplorat, unde urina spune povestea originilor umanității, iar grăsimea încetează să mai fie un inamic, devenind un aliat vital pentru supraviețuire. Cine a apreciat portretul din Adventures in Human Being de Gavin Francis va găsi aici aceeași profunzime biografică, aplicată însă unui context global, unde medicina se intersectează cu antropologia și ecologia. Merită menționat că Reisman scrie cu o curiozitate care depășește cabinetul medical, oferind cititorului o „alfabetizare corporală” necesară oricui dorește să înțeleagă miracolul propriei existențe.

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ISBN-13: 9781472289391
ISBN-10: 1472289390
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 158 x 239 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Headline

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte cititorilor care vor să descopere medicina dincolo de pereții spitalelor. The Unseen Body nu este un manual, ci o odisee personală care vă va schimba percepția asupra propriilor organe. Veți câștiga o înțelegere nouă a modului în care cultura, călătoriile și natura se oglindesc în interiorul nostru, totul sub îndrumarea unui medic care a tratat pacienți de la ghețarii Antarcticii până în mahalalele din India.

Despre autor

Jonathan Reisman, M.D., este un medic specializat în medicină internă și pediatrie, a cărui carieră a fost definită de dorința de a practica în cele mai izolate și dificile medii de pe glob. De la altitudinile extreme din Nepal până la zonele arctice și mahalalele din Kolkata, experiența sa clinică este vastă și neconvențională. Vorbitor de spaniolă și rusă, el conduce și o organizație non-profit dedicată îmbunătățirii asistenței medicale în India. Eseurile sale au fost publicate în New York Times și Washington Post, reflectând capacitatea sa rară de a îmbina rigoarea științifică cu talentul narativ.

Descriere

In this fascinating journey through the human body and across the globe, Dr Reisman weaves together stories about our insides with a unique perspective on life, culture, and the natural world.

Notă biografică

Jonathan Reisman, M.D., is a doctor of internal medicine and pediatrics who has practiced medicine in the world's most remote places - in the Arctic and Antarctica, at high-altitude in Nepal and in Kolkata's urban slums. He speaks Spanish and Russian and heads a non-profit to improve healthcare and education in India. Jonathan's writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, and the Washington Post. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and children.

Descriere scurtă

'The hidden worlds inside us deserve as much attention and fascination as the external world. After all, the true story of the body -- of the lives we live in these bodies -- is the story of both.'

Praise for The Unseen Body:

'An elegant, elegiac, and deeply enjoyable meander through human anatomy . . . the images Reisman conjures will linger long after you've devoured his delightful prose.'
Nicola Twilley,
co-author of Until Proven Safe and co-host of Gastropod podcast

'Terrific, memorable, original, and full of information that informs one's understanding not only of the body but also of what has stopped us from knowing more . . . readers will know Jonathan Reisman as an individual whose humility and empathy are as impressive as his adventurous, travel-hungry spirit.'
Kenneth S. Brecher,
cultural anthropologist and author of Too Sad to Sing

'An Alexander von Humboldt of the human body, Reisman's comparisons give us an ingenious perspective from which to understand the ways our internal organs function alone and together. I highly recommend this book to everyone interested in understanding and appreciating the marvels of the human body.'
Warren Zapol, M.D.,
professor of anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School, Antarctic researcher and inventor

Recenzii

A fascinating, lyrical book . . . Reisman's experiences in other cultures bring a richness and depth to The Unseen Body. The way he thinks about the body and medicine - the rivers and tributaries, the flowing and unclogging, the top-down organisation of the brain - is extraordinary!
A magnificent travelogue through the human body by a truly intrepid explorer. A genuine 'must' for anyone who is even remotely curious about their own body and how it works. I really loved it.
An intelligent, innovative, eclectic and accessible book in which Reisman views the human body with a remarkable degree of lateral thinking. Sometimes funny, often gruesome but always entertaining and educational.
The author's literary approach to this complicated subject proved excellent bedside material. [Reisman] comes across as a generous and thoughtful physician . . . [who can] make sense out of it all.
If you are fascinated by the human body and how it works, or you are thinking about studying medicine, or you are just a curious person you will find this book a joy to read . . . This is a great and easy read which I heartily (excuse the pun) recommend.

Terrific, memorable, original, and full of information that informs one's understanding not only of the body but what has stopped us from knowing more. There is palpable joy at learning in Reisman's writing and readers will know him as an individual whose humility and empathy are as impressive as his adventurous, travel-hungry spirit.
Through his acute and extensive observations of the seen world of nature and human nature, Reisman illuminates the analogous workings of our unseen bodies. An Alexander von Humboldt of the human body, Dr. Reisman's comparisons give us an ingenious perspective from which to understand the ways in which our internal organs function alone and together. I highly recommend this book to everyone interested in understanding and appreciating the marvels of the human body.
THE UNSEEN BODY is an elegant, elegiac, and deeply enjoyable meander through human anatomy, by way of brain-tanned buckskin, blood as the last salty remnant of life's oceanic origins, and the World Testicle Cooking Championships. The images Reisman conjures will linger long after you've devoured his delightful prose.
A remarkable travel narrative that documents the author's trip through a seemingly familiar place, the human body, and with a blend of science and personal experience renders that place both strange and fascinating, so much so that the reader will feel not only delighted, but also proud to be a lifelong inhabitant of it.
Quirky, never-dull popular science
An engaging book likely to pique the curiosity of readers interested in a wide range of medical conditions or naturalistic medicine
Dr Reisman engagingly relates provocative stories for the fifteen body parts uncovered in this treatise, and goads the reader to re-evaluate their perception of the body
Physician and naturalist Reisman offers a 'behind-the-scenes look at life itself' via an odyssey through the human body . . . deep curiosity driv[es] his narrative
A fascinating and lyrical journey through the human body and across the globe

Dr Jonathan Reisman - physician, adventure traveller and naturalist - allows readers to navigate their insides like an explorer discovering a new world. He shows us, for example, how urine carries within it a tale of humanity's origins and how a journey down a river can help us to understand the complicated circulatory system that keeps us alive.

Through his offbeat adventures in healthcare and travel, Reisman discovers new perspectives on the body: a trip to the Alaskan Arctic reveals that fat is not the enemy, but the hero; a stint in the Himalayas uncovers the boundary where the brain ends and the mind begins; and eating a sheep's head in Iceland offers a lesson in empathy. By relating his experiences in far-flung lands and among unique cultures back to the body's inner workings, he shows how our organs live inextricably intertwined lives in an internal ecosystem that reflects the natural world around us.
Praise for The Unseen Body:
'A magnificent travelogue through the human body by a truly intrepid explorer. A genuine 'must' for anyone who is even remotely curious about their own body and how it works'
Professor Sue Black, author of Written in Bone and All That Remains

'A fascinating, lyrical book . . . Reisman's experiences in other cultures bring a richness and depth to The Unseen Body. The way he thinks about the body and medicine - the rivers and tributaries, the flowing and unclogging, the top-down organisation of the brain - is extraordinary!'
Mary Roach, author of Stiff

'This is a great and easy read which I heartily (excuse the pun) recommend'
Professor Alex Rodgers, author of The Deep

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