Carrying the heart
Subtitle: exploring the worlds within us
By: by F. González-Crussí.
Publisher: Kaplan Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781607140726
Subjects: Human physiology -- Popular works; Human anatomy -- Popular works; Philosophy, Medical -- Essays; History of Medicine -- Essays; Physicians -- history -- Essays
Genres: Popular works; Essays
Description: "In Carrying The Heart, Dr. F. Gonzalez-Crussi reveals not just how our bodies breathe air, pump blood, give birth, digest food, and discard waste, but the sometimes bizarre, often hilarious, and always fascinating history of how mankind unlocks these anatomical secrets."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Digestive; title: Scatology; title: Respiratory; title: Reproductive; title: Cardiovascular.