The Body Silent Free

Author: Robert F. Murphy
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0805001301
Category: Medical

The Body Silent

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.. Extraordinary powers of observation, generalization, and depth."-Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a HatWinner of the Columbia University Lionel Trilling Award. Robert Murphy was in the prime of his career as an anthropologist when he felt the first symptom of a malady that would ultimately take him on an odyssey stranger than any field trip to the Amazon: a tumor of the spinal cord that progressed slowly and irreversibly into quadriplegia. In this gripping account, Murphy explores society's fears, myths, and misunderstandings about disability, and the damage they inflict. He reports how paralysis-like all disabilities-assaults peopl Get The Body Silent our bestseller medical books.

The Body Silent Free

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