The Body is the Hero
The Body is the Hero: Hardcover published in 1976 by Random House, and paperback published in 1979 by Bantam Books by arrangement with Random House, this is the amazing story of what happens when the immune system goes haywire. Reading like a scientific thriller, the book intertwines science with history to describe the discoveries and flashes of brilliance of men such as Semmelweise and Pasteur, and the modern-day struggles of doctors and researchers to pry out why the immune system saves one person and kills another. The book also recounts astonishing tales of arrogance within the medical profession and its authorities who resisted and oftentimes stifled every new advance in medicine. Non-fiction
The Body is the Hero