The mysteries within : a surgeon reflects on medical myths / Sherwin B. Nuland.

New York ; London : Simon & Schuster, [2000], ©2000.

286 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes index.

Ch. 1. The stomach: a little boy's big secret -- Ch. 2. The stomach: soul, spirit, and centrality -- Ch. 3. The stomach: ghostly gases, mystical acids -- Ch. 4. The liver: dumb luck and the surgeon -- Ch. 5. The liver: source of life -- Ch. 6. The spleen: organ of mystery, organ of melancholy -- Ch. 7. The heart: cracking the valve -- Ch. 8. The heart: the first and last dying -- Ch. 9. The uterus: the hysterical passion -- Ch. 10. Reproduction: babies in boxes.