Looking Within: Understanding Ourselves through Human Imaging - Softcover

Ruff, Cullen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1611533201 ISBN 13: 9781611533200

Publisher: Torchflame Books, 2020

Synopsis

What would it really be like to have x-ray vision? Beyond diagnosing illness or injury, can images of ourselves tell us more about life?

What if you could see that an accident victim will never walk again; that a young mother has breast cancer; or that a teenager is brain-dead and will be removed from life support? Can imaging help us better appreciate the complexity of existence, our strengths and vulnerabilities? Does looking into the body give insight into what it means to be human? Would it allow you, at least indirectly, to glimpse evidence of the human soul?

Looking Within by Cullen Ruff, MD, is the first mainstream collection of dramatic non-fiction narratives about discoveries in patients found by medical imaging. Ruff highlights the wonder and mystery of the human body, literally and metaphorically looking inside of others. Each story describes a patient in whom a life-changing discovery is made: tumors, stroke, domestic violence, substance abuse, sterility, unexpected pregnancy, infection, surgical complications, evidence of criminal activity, mental illness, even impending death. Dr. Ruff’s words, images, and insights help us see ourselves like never before.

About this title

About the Author

Cullen Ruff, MD is a radiologist in private practice and an associate professor of medical education at the University of Virginia campus in Fairfax, VA, where he has received awards teaching medical students. His best-selling book, Looking Within, explores human stories and insights from medical imaging. Short story chapters have appeared in several magazines and online forums, and in 2019, Ruff won a Washington, DC, Moth story slam narrating a chapter from Looking Within. Ruff has lectured at the Smithsonian Institute and the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC.

Edition details

• Publisher: Torchflame Books
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1611533201
• ISBN 13: 9781611533200
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 302