Poetry in Medicine

Poetry in Medicine

by Michael Collier, Michael Salcman

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"Poetry in Medicine is anthology of poems written from antiquity through today about the medical experience. The book is divided into fourteen thematic sections, which present various facets of the world of medicine, doctors, and treatment. The sections include: anatomy & physiology; Contagions, Infections & Fevers; Blindness, Pain & Other Ailments; Pills, Powders & Other Remedies; Tumors, Trauma, & Tumult; From the Children's Ward; Looking Inside: Procedures, Diagnostic & Surgical; Doctors and Other Healers; Patients; The Wounded Mind: Depression & Dementia; The Final Journey: Death & Dying; The View from the Other Side of the Bed: Loved Ones of the Sick; Places of Healing; and Convalescence. It also includes a preface and introduction from anthologist, Dr. Michael Salcman, a neurosurgeon, and a foreword by poet and educator Michael Collier" --

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