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Pale Faces - The Masks of Anemia (Hardcover)
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Pale Faces - The Masks of Anemia (Hardcover)
Series: Bellevue Literary Press Pathographies
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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 everything? Whether 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 culture. Delving into the annals of
anemia and its treatment, he takes us on a fascinating journey back
through the history of medicine--from 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, free-ranging
text, resonant with poetic associations yet anchored in concrete
clinical experience. As a practicing physician, Bardes is also able
to draw upon his direct experience with patients to demystify the
doctor/patient 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 think. Charles 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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