The Body: A Guide for Occupants

Fascinating journey through the human body and through the history of medical science and treatments. As always, Bryson's book benefits from sometimes famous but most times unknown anecdotal stories about people, their illness or their research.

It's not a guide but rather a good book about the history of medical science. It reveals a lot of misconceptions about deceases and treatments that are commom sense even between physicians (part of them, I hope) and shows how badly US performs in health care compared to other industrialized countries.