PDF-(BOOK)-Pale Faces: The Masks of Anemia (Bellevue Literary Press Pathographies)

Who would have thought that something so commonplace as iron deficiency would lead to prehistoric ochre Egyptian amulets Renaissance alchemy Victorian projections of maidenhood and the astrophysical end of everythingWhether mild or deadly anemia affects an essential body fluid blood In Pale Faces Charles L Bardes probes deeply into this illness as metaphor by exploring the impact of both science and culture on its treatment across the ages His innovative life of this condition ranges widely through history mythology literature and clinical practice to examine how our notions of specific medical conditions are often deeply rooted in language symbolism and cultureDelving into the annals of anemia and its treatment he takes us on a fascinating journey back through the history of medicinefrom the Greeks and ancient practices of bloodletting and magic up to the diagnostic rituals of a modern medical office A scholar of the literary as well as the medical arts Bardes gives us a beautifully written freeranging text resonant with poetic associations yet anchored in concrete clinical experienceAs a practicing physician Bardes is also able to draw upon his direct experience with patients to demystify the doctorpatient relationship Through detailed descriptions of the diagnostic processes involved in blood related conditions as well as the particular understanding of the inner workings of the human body provided by modern medical science we are treated to the complex ways in which doctors thinkCharles L Bardes MD is a practicing physician who teaches extensively at Weill Cornell Medical College where he directs the Medicine Clerkship and serves as Associate Dean He is the author of Essential Skills in Clinical Medicine a guide for students and interns and Pale Faces The Masks of Anemia the first book in the Bellevue Literary Press Pathographies series He has been the Bernard DeVoto Fellow in Nonfiction at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference and his essays have appeared in numerous journals including Agni He lives in New York. 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