The man who mistook his wife for a hat and other clinical tales

By:

Sacks, Oliver

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Picador Collection 2013Description: xix,257pISBN:

9781529077292 (pbk)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

616.89 SAC

Summary: "If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self – himself – he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it. In this extraordinary book, Dr. Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients struggling to adapt to often bizarre worlds of neurological disorder. Here are people who can no longer recognize everyday objects or those they love; who are stricken with violent tics or shout involuntary obscenities, and yet are gifted with unusually acute artistic or mathematical talents. If sometimes beyond our surface comprehension, these brilliant tales illuminate what it means to be human."

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Book	Plaksha University Library	Medical sciences	616.89 SAC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		004453
Book	Plaksha University Library	Medical sciences	616.89 SAC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		004454

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"If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self – himself – he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.

In this extraordinary book, Dr. Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients struggling to adapt to often bizarre worlds of neurological disorder. Here are people who can no longer recognize everyday objects or those they love; who are stricken with violent tics or shout involuntary obscenities, and yet are gifted with unusually acute artistic or mathematical talents. If sometimes beyond our surface comprehension, these brilliant tales illuminate what it means to be human."

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