| Author/Contributor(s): | Thernstrom, Melanie |
| Publisher: | St. Martins Press-3PL |
| Date: | 08/02/2011 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
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 reflections on her own battle with chronic pain, incisive reportage from leading pain clinics and medical research, and insights from a wide range of disciplines, Thernstrom shows that when dealing with pain we are neither as advanced as we imagine nor as helpless as we may fear.