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A Doctor†™ s Quest to Understand , Treat , and Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
Thomas Cowan
Hardcover
$ 24.95
“ This al-Qur’an is life history - switch for those endeavor to infer their own bodies , or those of loved unity , and it ’s really transformative in the hands of medical professionals , especially untested doctors . ”—Foreword reappraisal

Thomas Cowan was a 20 - twelvemonth - old Duke grad — lustrous , unbelieving , and already disillusioned with industrial capitalism — when he joined the Peace Corps in the mid-1970s for a two - twelvemonth tour in Swaziland . There , he chance the piece of work of Rudolf Steiner and Weston A. Price — two men whose ideas would fascinate and challenge him for decades to come .
Both drawn to the graphics of healing and repelled by the way medicine was — and continues to be — practiced in the United States , Cowan returned from Swaziland , went to aesculapian school , and established a practice in New Hampshire and , later on , San Francisco . For years , as he raised his three children , suffered the setback of divorce , and struggled with a center condition , he remained intrigued by the work of Price and Steiner and , in particular , with Steiner ’s provocative claim that the gist is not a pump . Determined to apply medical specialty in a way that promoted healing rather than combine ailments , Cowan dedicate himself to understanding whether Steiner ’s call could possibly be true . And if Steiner was correct , what , then , isthe bosom ? What is its lawful theatrical role in the human organic structure ?
In this deeply personal , rigorous , and riveting account , Dr. Cowan extend up a avant-garde title : Not only was Steiner correct that the spunk is not a pump , but our reason of core disease — with its origins in the blood vessels — is wholly wrong . And this gross misunderstanding , with its incidental medicine and wild surgeries , is the cause heart disease stay the most common cause of death worldwide .
InHuman Heart , Cosmic Heart , Dr. Thomas Cowan award a young way of understanding the body ’s most primal organ . He offers a young look at what it have in mind to be human and how we can well care for ourselves — and one another .
“ [ This book ] deserves to be in everyone ’s library . . . . It ’s charge with great information , and it can keep your life history or the lifespan of someone you love . ”—Dr . Joseph Mercola
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