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

Sacks, Oliver

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Sacks, Oliver

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9781101908310

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THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NBC SERIES BRILLIANT MINDS - A Contemporary Classics hardcover edition of Dr. Sacks's most extraordinary book, in which the "poet laureate of medicine" (The New York Times) recounts fascinating case histories of patients with neurological disorders.

An influential landmark in the tradition of writing about the body and the brain, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals afflicted with perceptual and intellectual disorders: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people and common objects; whose limbs seem alien to them; who lack some skills yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents.

In Dr. Sacks's splendid and sympathetic telling, his patients are deeply human and his tales are studies of struggles against incredible adversity. A great healer, Sacks never loses sight of medicine's ultimate responsibility: "the suffering, afflicted, fighting human subject."

Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.

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ISBN/Varenr: 9781101908310
EAN: 978-1-101-90831-0
Utgivelsesdato: 03.10.2023
Utgivelsesår: 2023
Forlag: Penguin Putnam Inc
Innbinding: Innbundet
Språk: Engelsk
Personer: Sacks, Oliver
Litteraturtype: Faglitteratur
Emne: Psykiske lidelser
Omfang/format: xxxviii, 291 sider
Målgruppe: Voksne
Aldersgrense: 0
Opplag: 0
Utgave: 0
Illustrert: Ja
Sider: 344