The Body Summary
Bill Bryson

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The Body Overview

The Body: A Guide for Occupants is best-selling author Bill Bryson's comprehensive tour of the human body. The book, narrated in the first person, imparts stories about medicine from the past and recent scientific information about the human body using Bryson's characteristic humor. The book deals with themes of ignorance about the body, the negative effects of a modern lifestyle, healthcare, cruelty in medicine, and the body as a universe.