The Body Is the Hero [Hardcover]

MD Ronald J. Glasser (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 248 pages
• Publisher: Random House Inc (T); 1st edition (April 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394400135
• ISBN-13: 978-0394400136
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,357,339 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a MUST READ for everyone!, December 9, 2002

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Alexander R. Striler (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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I HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone wishing to learn more about how the body fights diseases, infections and other foreign matters that find thier way into our systems. Glasser paints an incredibly vivid mental image of lymphocytes, antigens, macrophages, white cells, etc. using layman's terms and with excellent practical examples. Medicines don't cure our bodies - our bodies cure themselves. The Body is the Hero is a brilliant explanation of how the body does it. I am going to recommend this book to everyone I know.

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This review is from: The Body Is the Hero (Hardcover)

This book is a superb and detailed examination of the miraculous working of our bodies, particularly the immune system as it has evolved over millions of years, and of the medical profession as it has fought hard against new insights that would have brought us much farther in medicine years earlier. Anyone reading this book will always have a greater appreciation for the body he inhabits.