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Liver Growth and Repair
. Ed(S): Strain, A.; Diehl, A. M.
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Description for Liver Growth and Repair
Paperback. Editor(s): Strain, A.; Diehl, A. M. Num Pages: 662 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MMF; MN; PST; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1303.
Nelson Fausto The Greek myth of Prometheus with its picture of a vulture feasting on its chained victimhas traditionallyprovided a visualimageofliverregeneration. Itis apowerful and frightening representationbut ifone were to substitute the vulture by a surgeon and Prometheus by a patient laying on a properly prepared operating table, the outcomeoftheprocedurewould not differ significantlyfrom that describedbyGreek poets. Yet few of us who work in the field have stopped long enough to ask where this myth originated. Did the poet observe a case of liver regeneration in a human being? Was it brilliant intuition or perhaps, literally, just a 'gut feeling' of a ... Read more
Nelson Fausto The Greek myth of Prometheus with its picture of a vulture feasting on its chained victimhas traditionallyprovided a visualimageofliverregeneration. Itis apowerful and frightening representationbut ifone were to substitute the vulture by a surgeon and Prometheus by a patient laying on a properly prepared operating table, the outcomeoftheprocedurewould not differ significantlyfrom that describedbyGreek poets. Yet few of us who work in the field have stopped long enough to ask where this myth originated. Did the poet observe a case of liver regeneration in a human being? Was it brilliant intuition or perhaps, literally, just a 'gut feeling' of a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
662
Condition
New
Number of Pages
662
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401060691
SKU
V9789401060691
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