The Body Is the Hero

by Ronald J. Glasser

An account of the human body's immune system and its occasional breakdown is interwoven with tales of important medical discoveries, past and present, pertaining to its working

248 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1976

About the author

Ronald J. Glasser, MD, is the author of the bestselling 365 Days, an account of his experiences as an army doctor during the Vietnam War. Dr. Glasser has written several investigations of trauma in modern warfare, including Broken Bodies, Shattered Minds and Wounded: Vietnam/Iraq, as well as the general medical studies The Light in the Skull and The Body Is the Hero. He is also the author of the novels Another War, Another Peace and Ward 402.

Reviews

[John W. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book written in the 1970s is an enlighting and easy laymans guide to the astonishing biology and healing properties of our human bodies. I hightly recommend it and after all these years worth a reread.