{"product_id":"a-luxury-called-health-a-kavery-nambisan-9789354470714","title":"A Luxury Called Health a Doctor's Journey Through the Art, the Science and the Trickery of Medicine","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe miracles and tragedies of life, the compassion and cruelties of humanity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eare nowhere more visible than in the field of medicine. It is these that Kavery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNambisan-doctor and writer of immense sensitivity-explores in this memoir, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edrawing upon her work as a surgeon over four decades in rural and small-town India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough her patients' stories, she depicts the highs and lows of medical practice: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSudha, in Mokama, Bihar, left immobilized waist-down after being set on fire by her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein-laws, but determined to walk; construction workers in Lonavala, Maharashtra, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho preferred the quick-fix of the 'drip', so that they wouldn't miss their daily wage;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efour-year-old Pavana in the Anamallais, mauled by a leopard, who had to be driven\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eover 40 kilometres of gutted roads to the nearest hospital. And in contrast, the friend\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof a Tamil Nadu chief minister who could summon a doctor repeatedly, at will, to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eattend to her stubbed toe. Settled in Kodagu, Karnataka, after years of practice in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehospitals, Kavery now works as a GP, and she writes about treating snake bites, skin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ediseases, tuberculosis, epileptic seizures and, lately, Covid-19; even as she helps some\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof her patients hide their meagre savings from alcoholic husbands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout, Kavery also examines the evolution of medical practice and the state\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof India's public health; and weaves in episodes from her personal life: learning from\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eheroes and rogues, coming into her own as a surgeon, and nursing her husband, the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epoet Vijay Nambisan, who was claimed by cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngaging, incisive and deeply felt, A Luxury Called Health shows, as few books have\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eever done, 'the sincerity and the deception, the valour and the cowardice beneath the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhite coat'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kavery Nambisan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354470718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354470714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.72d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kavery Nambisan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992718803199,"sku":"9789354470714","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_966eabbf-07aa-4410-aaa5-3cc398b12448.jpg?v=1683320402","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-luxury-called-health-a-kavery-nambisan-9789354470714","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}