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e Healing Heart more than a story of one man's attack...it's about life THE HEALING HEART, a new book by Norman Cousins, is really an antidote to panic and helplessness for those who like Cousins have experienced a massive heart attack. Anatomy of an Illness, Norman Cousins' story of a recovery from a crippling illness, has helped thousands of persons to mobilize their healing resources. The illness described in that book was comparatively rare and the outcome was uncertain. In The Healing Heart, Norman Cousins deals with an illness that is the most common cause Of death in the United States. More people die from heart attacks and heart disease than from any other malady. In this warm and richly human story, Cousins tells of his recent massive heart attack that occurred in December 1980. It is a dramatic account that highlights the importance of the patient's essential role in combating serious illness. It is also the story of a team healing effort, a 'partnership'? between a patient and his physician, working together to bring about recovery. But this book is much more than an account of a remarkable personal response to challenge. It addresses itself to the problem of panic and helplessness produced by any serious disease. In heart attacks, especially, panic can intensify the underlying problem by constricting the blood vessels, forcing a heart that is already in precarious condition to put forth extra effort in order to pump blood through the narrowed openings. Norman Cousins believes that antidotes to panic and helplessness are well within the reach of most people. He describes techniques developed at various medical centers for liberating patients from fears and forebodings that can in fact represent serious intensifying factors in disease. What makes this book so valuable and engrossing is that Norman Cousins' vantage point for writing about heart attacks is from within a medical school. Since 1978, Norman Cousins has been a member Of the faculty of the School of Medicine at the University of California in Los Angeles. His special field of study has been the biochemistry of the emotions. He is especially interested in the way attitudes and emotions can bring on. disease or improve the prospects of recovery. He writes about medical research pointing to the human brain as a apothecary capable of writing elaborate prescriptions for the human body. In general, his experiences with the medical community form a large part of this book. Cousins also writes about the education of medical students and about opportunities for improved relationships between patients and physicians. The Healing Heart is an expanded version of a two-part series that appeared originally in the Journal of International Cardiology. Since joining the medical faculty at UCLA, Cousins has accepted an appointment to the Special Medical Advisory Board of the Veterans Administration hospitals. His ar- ticles have been a frequent feature of the Journal of the American Medical Association, and some have been adapted for the purposes of this book. Norman Cousins is the author of sixteen * books, including Anatomy of an Illness and Human Options. For more than a quarter- century he was editor of Saturday Review, which expanded in readership from 15,000 to 650,000 during his tenure and became -a leading American weekly of ideas and the arts. The hard-cover book is priced at $19.50 and is a thought-provoker from beginning to end. - Annual Meeting Midland and District Canadian Cancer Society Wednesday, October 26, 1983 St. Mark's Anglican " Church 303-Third St. Midland Dinner at 6 p.m. Cost $6.00 per person Tickets available at Woolworth's, Gauthier's Sporting Goods, Books Unlimited or call P. Mills at 534-4008 by Oct. 21. Meeting at 7:15. Everyone welcome. BOURGEOIS FORD MERCURY HAS BEGUN THEIR 1983 RANGER PICKUP 4 cyl. 2.3 |., 4 spd., blue, step bumper, radio Stock No. RT-26 *7500.00 ..at Greatly Reduced Prices! 1983 RANGER PICKUP 4 cyl. 2.3'1., 4.spd.: green, step bumper, radio Stock No. RT-24 *7500.00 1893 LYNX 4 cyl. 1.6 |., 4 spd., radio , 5 door hatchback Stock No. LY-26 *7000.00 © 1983 ESCORT FS 3 door, 4 cyl., 1.6 1., 4 spd. Stock No. E-5 *6500.00 1983 FORD F150 PICKUP 6 cyl., auto p.s., p.b., explorer, step bumper, radio , mirrors Stock No. T-31 *9800.00 1983 FORD F150 PICKUP 6.cyl., 3.Sp:)-pib:, p.s., step bumper, mirrors radio Stock No. T-26 *8900.00 1983 MUSTANG 2 DOOR 4 cyl., auto p.s., p.b., two-tone, radio Stock No. MU-6 *9100.00 1983 MUSTANG 2 DOOR 4 cyl., std., p.s., p.b., two-tone, sun roof Stock No. MU-4 "9000.00 1983 MERC CAPRI HATCHBACK 4 cyl., 4 spd., p.s., p.b., radio, two-tone, sunroof Stock No. CP-12 *9100.00 _T LINCOLN FORMULA HATCHBACK = BOURGEOIS wOTORS- 1983 LYNX 3 DOOR 4 cyl., 5 spd., radio Stock No. LX-24 *7100.00 "LTD. "Now in our 40th Year' 472 Hugel Ave., Midland 526-2278 Wednesday, October 12, 1983, Page 13