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The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson — WisdomDeck honest review

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The Body: A Guide for Occupants

by Bill Bryson

A tour of the human body organ by organ: skin, brain, heart, immune system, sleep, disease. Facts, stories and Bryson's wit.

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you want to understand the body you live in.

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Three things you will actually use

The body is astonishing.
Know your occupancy.
Medicine is young.

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Read the chapter on the immune system.

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