{"product_id":"bodily-fluids","title":"Bodily Fluids","description":"\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-wf-id='[\"c405c57f-70df-f2fd-28ba-dce8bd6c2e66\"]' data-w-id=\"c405c57f-70df-f2fd-28ba-dce8bd6c2e66\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-wf-id='[\"c405c57f-70df-f2fd-28ba-dce8bd6c2e67\"]' data-w-id=\"c405c57f-70df-f2fd-28ba-dce8bd6c2e67\"\u003eFive decades of blood, phlegm and bile on the hospital frontline\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-wf-id='[\"476e06cc-8989-dc65-731b-8191eb8493e8\"]' data-w-id=\"476e06cc-8989-dc65-731b-8191eb8493e8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Drama and humanity laced with humour both subtle and lurid’ Samer Nashef, author of \u003cem data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-wf-id='[\"476e06cc-8989-dc65-731b-8191eb8493ec\"]' data-w-id=\"476e06cc-8989-dc65-731b-8191eb8493ec\"\u003eThe Naked Surgeon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"1720c4ae-f437-3c28-b726-a925a15f48be\"]' data-w-id=\"1720c4ae-f437-3c28-b726-a925a15f48be\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"1720c4ae-f437-3c28-b726-a925a15f48be\"]' data-w-id=\"1720c4ae-f437-3c28-b726-a925a15f48be\"\u003eThe Greek physician Hippocrates thought the human body contained blood, phlegm and bile. In the right balance, these fluids produced health; if not, pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"1720c4ae-f437-3c28-b726-a925a15f48c0\"]' data-w-id=\"1720c4ae-f437-3c28-b726-a925a15f48c0\"\u003eLiam Hughes is very familiar with bodily fluids. He spent nearly five decades on the NHS frontline, ultimately as a senior cardiologist. Extending the Hippocratic list to include sweat, tears, urine, solid waste and spunk (fortitude), he uses this framework to tell his own story of the highs and lows of hospital life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"1720c4ae-f437-3c28-b726-a925a15f48c0\"]' data-w-id=\"1720c4ae-f437-3c28-b726-a925a15f48c0\"\u003eThe terminal patient begging for a ‘Brompton cocktail’ to end his suffering; the loathsome on-call surgeon who impales himself on a shooting-stick; the selfless consultant who rams a police car to save a patient’s life: all shape Hughes’ strong sense of what the medical calling should and should not entail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"1720c4ae-f437-3c28-b726-a925a15f48c2\"]' data-w-id=\"1720c4ae-f437-3c28-b726-a925a15f48c2\"\u003eBy turns moving, instructive, hilarious and outrageous, \u003cem data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"1720c4ae-f437-3c28-b726-a925a15f48c4\"]' data-w-id=\"1720c4ae-f437-3c28-b726-a925a15f48c4\"\u003eBodily Fluids\u003c\/em\u003e also expresses its author’s anxiety about the state of our health service – and offers a bold prescription for the way forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"398c6b58-8503-9bcc-e4f3-22b412d26ecb\"]' data-w-id=\"398c6b58-8503-9bcc-e4f3-22b412d26ecb\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-quotes-input\" data-wf-id='[\"f834b05c-5936-32b6-8253-989d41976f7c\"]' data-w-id=\"f834b05c-5936-32b6-8253-989d41976f7c\"\u003e‘Dr Hughes masterfully weaves together elements of suspense, drama, humanity, all of it laced with a substantial load of humour, both subtle and lurid. What is most striking, however, is his unwavering dedication to his patients’ \u003cstrong data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-quotes-input\" data-wf-id='[\"72d1dec6-5f57-5511-8420-15155e47b103\"]' data-w-id=\"72d1dec6-5f57-5511-8420-15155e47b103\"\u003eSamer Nashef, author of \u003cem data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-quotes-input\" data-wf-id='[\"72d1dec6-5f57-5511-8420-15155e47b105\"]' data-w-id=\"72d1dec6-5f57-5511-8420-15155e47b105\"\u003eThe Naked Surgeon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Within the first few pages we encounter a consultant lying on the hospital floor, emitting the eponymous fluids from both ends of his gastrointestinal tract; a new father who faints at the sight of his offspring emerging, cracks his head and dies; and a handy guide to bleeding. If this sounds like grim reading, it’s not, because Hughes narrates it all with wit and warmth, interspersing human stories with sober reflection on what the medical profession has become, and what’s wrong with the NHS today’ \u003cb\u003eRosa Silverma\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003en, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-quotes-input\" data-wf-id='[\"f834b05c-5936-32b6-8253-989d41976f7c\"]' data-w-id=\"f834b05c-5936-32b6-8253-989d41976f7c\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"78e7ce12-ed82-e645-ccb1-d6a271c5ad0a\"]' data-w-id=\"78e7ce12-ed82-e645-ccb1-d6a271c5ad0a\"\u003ePaperback: 320pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"78e7ce12-ed82-e645-ccb1-d6a271c5ad0e\"]' data-w-id=\"78e7ce12-ed82-e645-ccb1-d6a271c5ad0e\"\u003ePublished: Eye (February 2026)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"78e7ce12-ed82-e645-ccb1-d6a271c5ad12\"]' data-w-id=\"78e7ce12-ed82-e645-ccb1-d6a271c5ad12\"\u003eISBN: 9781785634314\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"78e7ce12-ed82-e645-ccb1-d6a271c5ad12\"]' data-w-id=\"78e7ce12-ed82-e645-ccb1-d6a271c5ad12\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eye Books Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56629103100288,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/files\/BodilyFluids.jpg?v=1760019436","url":"https:\/\/www.eyebooksgroup.com\/products\/bodily-fluids","provider":"Eye Books Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}