Map of the Child

Name: Map of the Child
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ISBN: 9780805075113

ISBN-10: 0805075119

ISBN-13: 9780805075113

Edition: 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Darshak Sanghavi

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n this compelling book, Dr. Darshak Sanghavi takes the reader on a dramatic tour of a child's eight vital organs, beginning with the lungs and proceeding through the heart, blood, bones, brain, skin, gonads, and gut. Along the way, we meet children and families in extraordinary circumstances-a premature baby named Adam Flax who was born with undeveloped lungs, a teenage boy with a positive pregnancy test, and a young girl who keeps losing weight despite her voracious appetite. In a deeply personal narrative, Sanghavi provides a richly detailed-and humanized-portrait of how the pediatric body functions in both sickness and health.

Book details

List price: $23.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 1/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



Preface: A Life Begins



Lungs: From Bombay to Boston, stories of people and lungs seeking freedom



Heart: Tales with varying degrees of closure



Blood: On the path to redemption



Bones: On the interpretation of omens



Brain: On the acceptance and taming of danger



Skin: On the making and breaking of contact



Gonads: On the need for mentioning the unmentionable



Guts: On remedying various kinds of emptiness, and a concluding confession


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