Book review by: Jessie
age: 15Review submitted on 05/27/2002 at 22:02:05
|
|
Story Rating
|
|
|
6.0 out of a possible 10.0
|
|
Jessie writes the following about The Mysteries Within :
In the book The Mysteries Within, by Sherwin B. Nuland, I learned many things that I never knew before about the human body. The publisher of this book is Simon & Schuster and it was published in 2000. There are 274 pages. I learned many things about the human body and what goes on inside of you. Dr. Sherwin Nuland recounts a ?journey? through years of medical thought and innovation by describing various organs including the stomach, liver, spleen, heart, and the uterus. In this book, Dr. Nuland takes the readers through the history of these organs. Each organ includes a story of surgical care of a patient and the evolution of beliefs and treatments over the centuries, from ancient times to present. The audience recommended for this book is people who are interested in the medical science field. The purpose of this book is to explain the organs for people to understand just how the mysterious body functions.
This book should be placed into the medical science category of biology. It discussed the medical backgrounds of each organ as well as short stories of his encounters with these organs. Two of them include major surgeries. One of them is with an accident victim with a liver that was nearly bisected and a woman who was drowning in her own blood because of a heart valve defect. There were a couple other anecdotes from these organs and that?s why I placed this book in the medical science category of biology.
Sherwin Nuland was a professor of surgery at the Yale School of Medicine. In The Mysteries Within, he chose five organs; the stomach, the liver, the spleen, the heart, and the uterus, and wrote a story about his experiences for each of them. In telling the stories he also gives a history of medicine and anatomy. Most of the clinical cases Nuland describes are from his residency or early years of practice. One of my favorite stories was the one about the stomach. A young boy had come into the Emergency Room with a high fever and a little cold, and the mom couldn?t figure out what was wrong with him. During an examination of the boy, Nuland discovered a lump coming out of his stomach. After many tests, Nuland discovered that the boy had a bezoar (a hard, indigestible mass of material in the stomach). From some background checks of how his mom prepared his meals, the doctors discovered that while warming the milk up for the baby, little bits of plastic were incorporated in the milk, and everyday that little ball of plastic kept building up inside the boy. The many other stories just like this give the reader just as much excitement to read on in the book.
I give this book a 6 out of 10 rating because in many ways I loved it, yet in other ways I didn?t. This book really proved to me that I don?t know as much about the human body as I say I do. There are so many mysteries within us that it?s amazing and hard to believe. Nuland gave an excellent description of what goes on inside of us, and I know many people really liked the fact that they could learn that much information in a short-chaptered book. On the other hand, I didn?t like this book, because at some points it lost my interest and it was hard to continue reading some of the chapters. Also in my opinion the book was written for an older audience, and it was difficult for me to understand at certain points. If I had to recommend this to someone, I would say only read this if you are interested in the field of medical science, and enjoy hearing stories about surgeries and the history behind these organs.
|
|
|
|
iphone recipe app
