The Pain Chronicles: Cures, Myths, Mysteries, Prayers, Diaries, Brain Scans, Healing, and the Science of Suffering

by Thernstrom, Melanie
ISBN: 9780865476813
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In The Pain Chronicles, Melanie Thernstrom traces conceptions of pain throughout the ages--from ancient Babylonian pain-banishing spells to modern brain imaging--to reveal the elusive, mysterious nature of pain itself. Interweaving first-person reflections on her own battle with chronic pain, incisive reportage from leading pain clinics and medical research, and insights from a wide range of disciplines, Thernstrom shows that when dealing with pain we are neither as advanced as we imagine nor as helpless as we may fear.

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Thernstrom, Melanie
  • ISBN: 9780865476813
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.00 x 1.20
  • Number Of Pages: 364
  • Publication Year: 2010