Author Last Name,
Author First Name,
Pages,
Binding,
Edition,
ISBN 10,
ISBN 13,
Condition,
Publisher,
Date Published,
Specifications
Author Last Name:
Thernstrom
Author First Name:
Melanie
Pages:
432
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
First Edition
ISBN 10:
9780312573072
ISBN 13:
9780312573072
Condition:
Used
Publisher:
Picador
Date Published:
8/2/2011
Genre:
Medical
Description
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.
