

This was a great marriage of memoir and pop sci. Reisman seems to be a genuinely curious person and applies this to his medical practice, which has taken him around the world, from Alaska to the Himalayas. Each chapter starts with a body part like skin or the liver and he uses his travels and experiences to elucidate aspects of that organ.
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