
Heart
A History
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Narrated by:
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Patrick Lawlor
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By:
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Sandeep Jauhar
For centuries, the human heart seemed beyond our understanding: an inscrutable shuddering mass that was somehow the driver of emotion and the seat of the soul. As cardiologist and best-selling author Sandeep Jauhar tells in The Heart, it was only recently that we demolished age-old taboos and devised the transformative procedures that changed the way we live.
Deftly alternating between historical episodes and his own work, Jauhar tells the colorful and little known story of the doctors who risked their careers and the patients who risked their lives to know and heal our most vital organ, braiding those tales of discovery, hubris, and sorrow with moving accounts of the patients he's treated over the years. He also confronts the limits of medical technology, boldly arguing that future progress will depend more on how we choose to live than on the devices we invent. Affecting and engaging, The Heart takes the full measure of the only organ that can move itself.
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Heart, literally and figuratively
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Jauhar ends his book with the loss of his mother who may have died from a heart attack. He suggests there are other conditions that may have led to her death, but his point seems to be--live as healthy a life as you can because death is a part of every life, and fulfillment is in one's health.
HEART RENDERING
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It’s good
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Think of it as a Pamphlet
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Great story
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Absolutely Worth the Time
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For me--and I realize that this is on me, not the author--was the information about experiments done on animals. I honestly cannot stand to hear about/read about animals being tortured. Unfortunately, this book has a number of these anecdotes and that has colored my review. Again, I realize this is on me, but I know others are also unable to take in these stories.
I did learn some interesting things about hearts.
To sum up, listening to this book felt like homework at times, rather than a relaxing read.
The performance was fine.
It's Okay
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Great book — need better narration
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Educational!
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very informative
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