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O Imperador De Todos Os Males (2010)

by Siddhartha Mukherjee(Favorite Author)

4.25 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Bertrand Editora

review 1: This is a beautifully written book about the disease our country is most pre-occupied with - cancer. As a cancer biologist, I found his view on the disease to be well balanced and insightful. This is a great way to understand a disease that affects so many of our lives. To biologist, it is a great way to see the disease through a clinician's eyes and to review the fascinating history of cancer treatment. It is one of my favorite books.
review 2: Book on CD read by Stephen HoyeThe subtitle really says it all: A Biography of Cancer. Mukherjee has extensively researched the disease, going back to recorded cases in ancient Egypt and carefully documented efforts to treat, eradicate, or “cure.” He recounts stories of the many scientists who meticulously search... moreed for and sometimes stumbled up new treatments, showing a passion and dedication to the science and to the human beings whose lives they tried to save. Some of these stories are horrifying: the treatments with dung or bleedings, the determination to cut more and more tissue in a radical mastectomy. Some are uplifting: the tireless efforts of philanthropists and scientists in the “war against cancer,” the grace and dignity of patients with little hope of a cure who nevertheless soldiered on, the “miraculous” survival of Little Jimmy and others. There is considerable medical and scientific jargon. This did not bother me much (I used to do medical transcription, and still read quite a few operative notes weekly), and I think Mukherjee is pretty good at explaining terminology that might not be familiar to a lay person. His use of some patient histories also helps to break up the litany of scientific breakthroughs, and makes the book much more human and relatable. Stephen Hoye does a fine job of narrating the audio version. His voice can be a little droning, however, and given the heavy scientific / medical jargon that is required in sections there were times when I really just wanted to stop listening to him. I think this would be better appreciated if read in a text version rather than listened to in audio format. less

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