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English
Explora Books
30 March 2026
A middle-aged man dying of heart failure consents to an experimental artificial heart. The post-op course was stormy with no improvement. His wish was to die at home, so he was discharged. At the funeral, his wife presented the doctors with a lawsuit, saying ""You buried my husband without his heart."" The doctors found his heart, put it back in his chest, and the lawsuit vanished. This case had a profound effect on the author's thinking and conduct as a physician cardiologist. Dr. Weiss realized doctors focused on the heart as a pump, rather than the symbolic heart and what it represents. This book surveys how a host of ancient cultures, religions, and civilizations envisioned the homo sapiens heart before the advent of modern medicine, and how that understanding will preserve our species.
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Imprint:   Explora Books
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 7mm
Weight:   159g
ISBN:   9781834301723
ISBN 10:   1834301726
Pages:   110
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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