Medical Books

THE GUIDANCE OF THE BODY THE literature relating to the care of the human body is already very extensive. Much has been written about the body's proper food, the air it should breathe, the clothing by which it should be protected, the best methods of its development. That literature needs but little added to it, until we, as rational beings, come nearer to obeying the laws which it discloses, and... more...

The Awakened Physician: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity in Vietnamese Hospitals is a reflective and evidence-informed work by Nguyen Dong Hung / Minh Hung, a physician and medical humanities writer. Rooted in the lived reality of public hospitals in Vietnam, the book examines what happens when modern medicine becomes technically powerful but emotionally fragmented. Hospitals today are filled with... more...

INTRODUCTION. IN climbing a mountain, if we know the path and take it as a matter of course, we are free to enjoy the beauties of the surrounding country. If in the same journey we set a stone in the way and recognize our ability to step over it, we do so at once, and save ourselves from tripping or from useless waste of time and thought as to how we might best go round it. There are stones upon stones... more...