Adventures in Human Being

Outline

Adventures in Human Being (2015) takes readers on a journey through the human body, one part at a time. Gavin Francis combines stories from his work as a doctor with history, literature, art, and philosophy to explore the brain, the heart, the skin, the hands, and more. The book reveals the body as a place of wonder and shows how medicine connects science with the human stories behind every patient.

• The book moves through the body one part at a time, including the brain, the heart, the skin and the hands.
• Gavin Francis draws on stories from his own work as a doctor to bring each body part to life.
• He blends medicine with history, literature, art and philosophy to show the body as a place of wonder.
• Behind every patient is a human story, and medicine is where science and those stories meet.

Gavin Francis is a Scottish physician who works as a general practitioner in Edinburgh and writes about medicine, travel, and the human body. He has worked as a doctor in many places, including a year at a research station in Antarctica. His books include Empire Antarctica, Adventures in Human Being, Island Dreams, and Recovery.