Prof Andrzej Szczeklik reveals the essence of medicine, its relationship with art, intuition and the deepest layers of imagination.
The human imagination has, since time immemorial, seen the universe as a unity and man woven into this unity. Myths, magic, art are expressions of this view of things. And also medicine - great medicine, the true art of medicine, aware of its sources, its incredible achievements and limitations. In a fascinating essay, Prof. Andrzej Szczeklik, a world-renowned scientist and practicing physician, reveals the essence of medicine, its links with art, intuition and the deepest layers of imagination, its extraordinary contemporary development, its old and new dilemmas.
Foreword by Czesław Miłosz