Womb
Book description
“Page for page, I may not have ever learned more from a book.... Womb is a history book as well as a biology book but it’s also an adventure and a celebration.” —Rob Delaney, actor and author of A Heart That Works
A groundbreaking, triumphant investigation of the uterus—from birth…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Womb as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Women’s health is an important topic for all of us, both men and women. Here we have a unique vision of the reproductive tract of a woman. It began with a visit to the Surgeons Hall Museum and rows of jars with all kinds of reproductive tract anomalies. As the author aptly conveys, the “most miraculous and misunderstood organ in the human body”, i.e. the uterus” is what it’s all about!
Mapping the body from a most interesting and unique perspective is the mission of author Hazard. We learn about the interesting entity of complete absence of the uterus, viz.…
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