In the Country of Hearts

In the tradition of Oliver Sacks and Lewis Thomas comes this fascinating book of essays about the two hearts that beat in all of us--the literal one and its fraternal twin, the metaphorical heart.

Introduction

3

(10)

Part One: Languages of the Heart

13

(62)

Blue Baby

13

(8)

Telltale Hands

21

(8)

The Long House Call

29

(10)

From the Listerning End of the Stethoscope

39

(10)

The Case of the Missing Pulses

49

(8)

The Wolf Inside

57

(8)

Listening to the Patient

65

(10)

Part Two: The Patient as Art

75

(72)

An Infected Heart

75

(6)

Discovery: The Case of Bryan

81

(8)

The Timeless Heart

89

(6)

A Change of Heart

95

(12)

Breath

107

(10)

A Family Matter

117

(10)

Missed Signals: The Pacemaker Story

127

(10)

The Frozen Room

137

(10)

Part Three: The Common Room

147

(56)

Balloon Man

147

(8)

Danger in the Dining Room

155

(8)

Why Some Hands Get So Cold

163

(8)

Billows of the Heart

171

(8)

A Contemplantion of the Navel

179

(8)

Putting the Head and Heart to Sleep

187

(8)

Chest Pains: What They Mean

195

(8)

Wearing of the Green

203

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In the Country of Hearts

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