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Edited by James Peto. 254 pp., illustrated. London, Yale University Press/Wellcome Collection, 2007. $35. ISBN 978-0-300-12510-8.

No organ has a more immediate and vital connection to human life than the heart. Although we have learned to recognize the brain as the seat of our emotions, cultural symbols — from Valentine's Day cards to images of the Sacred Heart — persist in connecting the heart with the human passions of love and sympathy. What better subject, then, for a debut exhibition by the Wellcome Trust — the largest medical charity in the United Kingdom — at its magnificently refurbished headquarters?

The exhibition and this sumptuously illustrated book reflect new approaches to the body that reject, on the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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