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I enjoy reading medical case histories. These accounts of extreme or unusual neurological problems are fascinating. I only wish they were not 30 years old. There is so much more that I wanted to know about the neuro-physiology of these patients that does not seem to be available to Sacks.
May 21, 2008
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This book was assigned to a philosophy class I dropped, which means I read it for pleasure and no other reason. It's not a life-changer, but for a medical book, it's very human. I read it over ten years ago, and I can still distinctly remember some of the people, their conditions, and the ways they described them. That really says something about Dr. Sacks both as a doctor and a writer. He sees his patients as individual people and he is able to capture each one in his or her unique voice.
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This was fascinating subject matter, although about half the clinical studies were extremely engaging, and half were rather dull (at least for reading...I'm sure the patients themselves were anything but dull!)
Some of these syndromes and issues I was already familiar with and many I'd never heard of. All made me marvel at the wonder of the human brain and its capacity, even when things go wrong. It's amazing what the brain can do...and how such seemingly small problems can cause such devastation ...more
Some of these syndromes and issues I was already familiar with and many I'd never heard of. All made me marvel at the wonder of the human brain and its capacity, even when things go wrong. It's amazing what the brain can do...and how such seemingly small problems can cause such devastation ...more
honestly this was just so boring? i’ve wanted to read this for the longest time and finally got the chance to read it and it just wasn’t worth it at all. oh well :(
I feel like this somehow makes me of lesser intelligence but I have kind of been bored by all of Oliver Sacks' books...
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