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| Original Title: | The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales |
| ISBN: | 0684853949 (ISBN13: 9780684853949) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Oliver Sacks
Paperback | Pages: 243 pages Rating: 4.06 | 153914 Users | 6123 Reviews
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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. 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; who have been dismissed as autistic or retarded, yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. If inconceivably strange, these brilliant tales illuminate what it means to be human.
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| Title | : | The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales |
| Author | : | Oliver Sacks |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Touchstone Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 243 pages |
| Published | : | April 2nd 1998 by Touchstone (first published 1985) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Psychology. Science. Health. Medicine |
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Ratings: 4.06 From 153914 Users | 6123 ReviewsEvaluate Of Books The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
I think it is effective to constrict your anus 100 times, dent your navel 100 times in succession everyday. You can do so at a boring meeting or in a subway without being noticed for you to do so. I have known 70 year old man who has practiced it for 20 years. As a result, he has good complexion and has grown 20 years younger. His eyes sparkle. He is full of vigor, happiness, and joy. He has neither complained nor born a grudge under any circumstance. Hiroyuki Nishigaki, How to Good-ByeI've read a lot of popular science books in my time, and in one way or another they have always felt cut from same cloth. Similar language used, similar structure, drawing on the same inspirations. After a while it almost feels like you are reading the same book over and over again, with only slight variations in content.So The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat came as a complete breath of fresh air. A blast, in fact. Oliver Sacks has written a book rather unlike anything I've read before, both

[English / Arabic review]الريفيو العربي بعد الريفيو الإنجليزي " Is there any 'place' in the world for a man who is like an island, who cannot be accultured, made part of the main? Can 'the main' accommodate, make room for, the singular? " That was the main inquiry of this insightful, compassionate, moving and Remarkable book.. the lucidity and power of a gifted writer.A wonderful book full of wonder, wonders and wondering. Sacks brings to these often unhappy people understanding, sympathy, and
This is an utterly fascinating book, a collection of case studies by neurologist Oliver Sacks, presented in an eminently readable style. These studies deal with the most extraordinary mental conditions, often arising from damage to the brain, from the title case where a man in full charge of his faculties is unable to identify the purpose of any object (thus his mistaking his wife for a hat) to individuals who, again otherwise wholly reasonable, will deny ownership of one of their limbs.This
"He both was and wasn't aware of this deep, tragic loss in himself, loss of himself. 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." If you enjoy medical case histories that are sensitive yet lively, weird but informative, then Sacks' book is your ticket.A neurologist that will fascinate you with stories of patients like the man in the title: a professor who couldn't
10★This is such a classic that I cant possibly review it, so Ill just share some stories. Oliver Sacks was the much-loved, highly regarded neurologist who opened up the world of the mind and brain not only to doctors but also to the public. The well-known movie, Awakenings, where he was played by Robin Williams, was based on his successful treatment of catatonic patients (including Leonard, played by Robert De Niro), frozen for decades after being afflicted with encephalitis. Sackss perception


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