Summary of Jonathan Reisman's The Unseen Body

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The human throat is an example of a body part that is poorly designed. It is where food and drink separate into their respective tubes, the esophagus and windpipe, but they can also slip together, causing choking, suffocation, and death.
#2 The root of Suzanne’s problem lay in the mechanics of her swallowing. She was aspirating food while eating, which led to her coughing. The five separate cranial nerves and more than twenty different muscles that are involved in swallowing are designed to compensate for the throat’s inherently dangerous anatomy.
#3 The back of the human throat is home to the number one pneumonia-causing strain of bacteria. In Alzheimer’s patients and those suffering from other neurodegenerative diseases, this infection is extremely common.
#4 Aspirations are a inevitable part of life, and everyone will aspirate at some point. Coughing is the body’s attempt to cope with aspiration’s inevitability. For healthy people, it works quite well, but Suzanne could not muster the strength.

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Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 07 avril 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669381150
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Jonathan Reisman's The Unseen Body
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10 Insights from Chapter 11 Insights from Chapter 12 Insights from Chapter 13 Insights from Chapter 14 Insights from Chapter 15
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The human throat is an example of a body part that is poorly designed. It is where food and drink separate into their respective tubes, the esophagus and windpipe, but they can also slip together, causing choking, suffocation, and death.

#2

The root of Suzanne’s problem lay in the mechanics of her swallowing. She was aspirating food while eating, which led to her coughing. The five separate cranial nerves and more than twenty different muscles that are involved in swallowing are designed to compensate for the throat’s inherently dangerous anatomy.

#3

The back of the human throat is home to the number one pneumonia-causing strain of bacteria. In Alzheimer’s patients and those suffering from other neurodegenerative diseases, this infection is extremely common.

#4

Aspirations are a inevitable part of life, and everyone will aspirate at some point. Coughing is the body’s attempt to cope with aspiration’s inevitability. For healthy people, it works quite well, but Suzanne could not muster the strength.

#5

The choice to accept or forgo medical interventions is different for every patient. For some, like the woman in this story, Alzheimer’s had left them with no mind to watch over their failing body, and they decided years ago that they would not want to live long with such a life.

#6

The throat is where air is whipped into voice by the larynx. It is through our throats that we express ourselves and how strong-willed and independent people like Suzanne make their wishes known.

#7

The human body’s design is formed in the womb, and it is maintained throughout life by the body’s constant partitioning of air and food. As adults, we are just elaborately decorated tubes with entrances for food and air at the front, and all our exits clustered at the other end.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The human body is a deep and labyrinthine cave riddled with channels and conduits, and through each flows some type of bodily fluid. The body’s expansive catalog of ailments is caused by blockages in the flow of these fluids.

#2

The EKG showed signs of a heart attack. I was taught to be blunt and clear when giving a diagnosis, but I was still unsure and nervous. I knew that making the diagnosis of a heart attack would lead to a cascade of events, and I was scared of scaring Jared and his wife.

#3

The human heart is the most important organ in the body, because it is the foundation of life. The heart’s rhythmic beating is the basis of the body’s life, and if it is stopped, death is declared.