Darwin's Heart

A Middle-Aged Man Dying Of Heart Failure Consents To An Experimental Artificial Heart. The Post-Op Course Was Stormy With No Improvement. His Wish Was To Die At Home So He Was Discharged. At The Funeral His Wife Presented The Doctors With A Lawsuit Saying You Buried My Husband Without His Heart. The Doctors Found His Heart Put It Back In His Chest And The Lawsuit Vanished. This Case Had A Profound Effect On The Author'S Thinking And Conduct As A Physician Cardiologist. Dr. Weiss Realized Doctors Focused On The Heart As A Pump Rather Than The Symbolic Heart And What It Represents. This Book Surveys How A Host Of Ancient Cultures Religions And Civilizations Envisioned The Homo Sapiens Heart Before The Advent Of Modern Medicine And How That Understanding Will Preserve Our Species.