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418 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780312573072
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Picador USA
Publication date: 02 August 2011
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 r...
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418 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780312573072
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Picador USA
Publication date: 02 August 2011
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 r...