Sandeep Jauhar's new book reviewed at the Washington Post
Sandeep Jauhar's latest
Heart: A History has been reviewed at the
Washington Post. He was also a guest on the
"Science Friday" Podcast to discuss the book; listen below...
❝ Sandeep Jauhar opens his new book, “Heart: A History,” with the story of a patient — Jauhar himself. Shortness of breath while climbing the stairs to his office led to a slew of tests and eventually the discovery of a blockage in the main artery feeding his heart.
After relating the story of his own heart, Jauhar dials back to 1953, when his paternal grandfather died suddenly one sweltering summer day in India. In the morning, he was bitten by a snake of an unknown type. That afternoon, he was feeling fine until neighbors arrived bearing the corpse of a black cobra, claiming it was the culprit. He took one look at the snake, collapsed and died. Some were convinced that it was that very cobra that killed him, but his grandson the cardiologist believes it was a heart attack, pure and simple, possibly induced by the fright of seeing the snake. “My grandfather had succumbed to the most common cause of death throughout the world,” Jauhar writes … [WashingtonPost.com]
| SANDEEP JAUHAR is a New York Times columnist & author of the acclaimed memoirs, Intern & Doctored. Watch him discuss his bestselling memoir Doctored below, and learn more about booking Sandeep for your next event today. |
