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The body of Frankenstein's monster : essays in myth and medicine
- Title
- The body of Frankenstein's monster : essays in myth and medicine / Cecil Helman.
- Author
- Helman, Cecil, 1944-2009.
- Publication
- New York : Norton, 1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | R702 .H45 1992 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 151 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- "The relationship between mind and body is punctuated with a repertoire of myth and mystery, suggests Cecil Helman in this beautifully written, thought-provoking collection of essays. A medical doctor, Helman explores how concepts, words, and images based on history and society's beliefs, rather than just scientific facts, help to make sense of our body's symptoms and cyclical changes, and their relationships to other human bodies within the same society." "He explores issues such as why a heart transplant is rich with symbolic as well as medical significance, how Frankenstein's monster parallels the modern medical world of transplants and plastic surgery, how images of premenstrual women and the mythological werewolf are so similar, and how the germ is the modern-day invisible demon which we fear and guard against with medicine the way the devil was once averted with icons and prayer." "This book reveals the sexuality and science, fiction and fact which contribute to our overall perception of health and well-being, as well as our physical selves."--BOOK JACKET.
- Uniform Title
- Body myths
- Alternative Title
- Body myths
- Subject
- Note
- "Originally published in England under the title, Body myths"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-151).
- ISBN
- 0393031047
- 9780393031041
- LCCN
- 92008894
- OCLC
- ocm25410067
- 25410067
- SCSB-1954638
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library