The Pain Chronicles: Cures, Myths, Mysteries, Prayers, Diaries, Brain Scans, Healing, and the Science of Suffering
Melanie Thernstrom$24.64
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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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 08/02/2011
ISBN: 9780312573072
Pages: 418
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.20d
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 09/25/2011 pg. 32