The Mysteries Within: A Surgeon Explores Myth, Medicine, and the Human Body

Dr. Sherwin Nuland, “a gifted and deeply intelligent writer” ( ), combines knowledge, compassion, and elegance of expression to shed light on the workings of our bodies from the perspective of a surgeon. Dr. Nuland recounts age-old legends about the functions and "personalities" of the body's organs and, in riveting vignettes of the surgery he has performed, he describes the connections between myth and reality. A brilliant blend of science and folklore, reveals the enigmas not only of the body but also of the human imagination.