The strength of the book is its single-minded focus and clarity.
Scholars of Cannon’s theories of shock, homeostasis, physiology of
the emotions, and the chemical mediation of nerve impulses may
delight in the thoroughly and lucidly written science. Rich with
detail extracted from a surfeit of primary sources, the second
volume is even more satisfying than the first.
*JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association*
This is thoroughly engaging and [a] very readable account. It not
only surveys the life and works of Walter B. Cannon but also
provides a wide-ranging tableau of early-twentieth-century
physiology.
*Journal of the History of Biology*
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