The Sickening Mind: Brain, Behaviour, Immunity and DiseaseA masterpiece of popularization Times Literary Supplement A fascinating account, based on objective scientific research, of the ways in which mental states affect the individuals liability to disease Martin is a highly civilised scientist, who seasons his text with witty parentheses. He also provides many examples from literature, ranging widely from Shakespeare, Goethe and Hardy to Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Kafka Interesting, informative and a pleasure