Swallow: Foreign Bodies, Their Ingestion, Inspiration, and the Curious Doctor Wh

Description: Swallow by Mary Cappello Discusses what it means to ingest things humans werent meant to eat, and how the line between human bodies and foreign bodies can sometimes blur. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this fascinating and lyrical book, the seemingly disparate but equally marvelous worlds of the circus and the medical amphitheater meet in characters ranging from the sword swallowers and women who lunched on hardware to the sensitive, bullied boy who grew up to be the father of endoscopy. The Mtter Museums Chevalier Jackson Foreign Body Collection, a cabinet filled with thousands of items that have been swallowed or inhaled, then extracted nonsurgically by a pioneering laryngologist using rigid instruments of his own design, sets the stage for award-winning author Mary Cappellos moving investigative portrait of Dr. Chevalier Jackson (1865-1958), his cosmology of objects, and the lives he saved. Its own uncanny, deeply rewarding assemblage, Swallow brings together the complex physiology of the human swallow and the menace of a button box; a willed ingestion of non-nutritive things that is little understood and a social history of hunger; the humanitarian mission that bred the Federal Caustic Poison Act of 1927 and a crusade to make the world "foreign body conscious." Notes A beaded crucifix, a padlock, a metallic letter Z, a toy goat, and a tin steering wheel. A compelling and revoltingly fascinating history of the father of ingestive exploration. Author Biography Mary Cappellos three previous works of literary nonfiction are Awkward, a Los Angeles Times bestseller; Called Back, a critical memoir on cancer that won a ForeWord Book of the Year Award and an Independent Publisher Book Award; and the memoir Night Bloom. A recipient of the Bechtel Prize for Educating the Imagination from Teachers and Writers Collaborative and the Lange-Taylor Prize from Duke Universitys Center for Documentary Studies, she is a former Fulbright lecturer at the Gorky Literary Institute (Moscow) and currently a professor of English and creative writing at the University of Rhode Island. She lives in Providence. Table of Contents Authors NoteI. Who Was That Man?"Alone on Floor with Pile of Buttons"Remembering Forward: The Idea of a LegacyFbdy #C804, Case #3268, X-rays #48451C and 48460C: The Case of Andrew C.A Peculiar Chap"The Life of Chevalier Jackson": Early Prototypes of RescueII. How Does Someone Swallow That?Between Carelessness and Desire: Getting Objects DownChevalier Jacksons Traumatic "Phases"A Catastrophe of Childhood: Gastric LavageChevalier Jacksons Tears: The Case of the Boy Who CriedFbdy (Multiple) #1173: Gavage: The Case of Joseph B.Fbdy #2440: A Perfect Attendance Pin"Strange Things Were on the Run from Marys Deepest Depths": Hardware, Swords, ScopesIII. What Are These Things?Fbdy #565: The Case of Margaret Derryberry: Objects Lost and Found and Lost AgainInstrumentality and Instruments as ThingsModernist Portals and Secular Tabernacles: Chevalier Jackson Meets Joseph CornellIV. Mystery Bones and the Unrecovered BoySelect BibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex Review "A warm and thoroughly researched portrait."—The Washington Post"Cappello … brings a psychoanalytic richness to her understanding of ingestion and dentition."—The Guardian"[Cappello] packs her story with surprising imagery and extravagant lyricism, taking a highly literary approach on the subject."—Salon"One odd, and oddly haunting, book."—Macleans"Swallow is a surprising and original work. It is biography on the slant, a meditation that transcends boundaries and genres, written with scholarship, humor, and panache. I urge you to take this journey."—Ricky Jay"[Cappellos] writing style is wistful, wacky, and wise. . . . Swallow is a strange and alluring work of musings and medical history. . . . Occupying a curious position between Ripleys Believe It or Not and riveting biography, this book is something special."—Tony Miksanek, MD, JAMA"A wonderful and bizarre book: gorge yourself on it, and gulp."—Simon Winchester, author of Atlantic"Cappellos fine writing creates a book that goes down very easy."—Paul Di Filippo, The Barnes & Noble Review Long Description In this fascinating and lyrical book, the seemingly disparate but equally marvelous worlds of the circus and the medical amphitheater meet in characters ranging from the sword swallowers and women who lunched on hardware to the sensitive, bullied boy who grew up to be the father of endoscopy. The M Review Quote " Swallow is a surprising and original work. It is biography on the slant, a meditation that transcends boundaries and genres, written with scholarship, humor, and panache. I urge you to take this journey." Description for Sales People Delves into the psychology of swallowing foreign objects. Mary Cappello is a multi-award winning author, including an Independent Publisher Book Award. Her previous book Awkward (Bellevue Literary Press, 2007) was a Los Angeles Times bestseller. Details ISBN1595587772 Author Mary Cappello Year 2012 ISBN-10 1595587772 ISBN-13 9781595587770 Media Book Format Paperback Short Title SWALLOW Pages 292 Language English DEWEY 612.31 Illustrations Yes Imprint The New Press Subtitle Foreign Bodies, Their Ingestion, Inspiration, and the Curious Doctor Who Extracted Them Place of Publication New York UK Release Date 2012-06-14 Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2012-06-14 Publisher The New Press Publication Date 2012-06-14 Audience General AU Release Date 2012-04-30 Alternative 9781595583956 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:93736229;

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