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

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

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
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