The Body in Question - Hardcover

Miller, Jonathan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394502809 ISBN 13: 9780394502809

Publisher: Horizon Book Promotions, 1978

Synopsis

Overview of the development of modern biology and modern medicine based on a 13-part BBC television series. Well illustrated. Index. Bibliography. 352p. Jonathan Wolfe Miller (b. 1934) trained in medicine, specialising in neurology, in the late 1950s. He is now known as an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist, as well as a medical doctor.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

In this original and highly entertaining book, Dr. Jonathan Miller considers the functioning of the body as a subject of private experience. He explores our attitudes towards our bodies, our astonishing ignorance of them, and our inability to read our body's signals. Taking as his starting point the experience of pain, Dr. Miller analyzes the elaborate social process of "falling ill", considers the physical foundations of "dis-ease" and looks at the types of individuals man has historically attributed with the power of healing. His explanations are lucid, wide-ranging and whole-heartedly entertaining.

About the Author:

Jonathan Miller M.D., is a writer, conductor and broadcaster. A qualified doctor of medicine, he has worked as an actor and has directed BBC documentaries and plays for the National Theatre. He lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Horizon Book Promotions
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0394502809
• ISBN 13: 9780394502809
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352