Advantages: Fascinating, compelling, unique [insert lots of praiseworthy words here] Disadvantages: Wealth of medical terminology, lots of literary allusions/psychology/philosophy-can be hard going
In 1918 there was a massive outbreak of encephalitus lethargica, a virus that is also known as ‘sleeping sickness’. Millions became very sick and a great many died, but for the survivors there was a bigger challenge waiting for them. Over the following ye ...
Advantages: very detailed and interesting, good for medical practitioners Disadvantages: can be difficult to understand the medical jargon
...was recommended to me when I went on an open day to Bristol University. The psychology lecturer (as this is the course i want to do) gave us many books to look at but this is the only I remeber because I thought the title was hilarious!
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Advantages: Incredibly fascinating Disadvantages: Bring a dictionary for the psychology/neurology terminology!
This is on 'The Man who mistook his wife for a hat'!
I may be bias because Oliver Sacks is my academic idol. I have followed much of his work but nothing compares to this book. As mentioned in another review it is filled with short entries about some o ...
Advantages: good book, worth reading Disadvantages: lots of big words, i had to get it from a library
...General Duckworth & Co. Ltd first published this book in 1985. Oliver Sacks, an author (‘Awakenings’ London 1973, 3rd. ed. 1983) and also a doctor specialising in neurology and this book is a compilation of some of his cases. It is split into four p ...
Advantages: Fascinating, funny in places. Disadvantages: Sometimes want to learn more about one story
You may or may not have heard of Oliver Sacks so before I tell you all about the book, let me tell you a little bit about the man himself. You may be familiar with the film "Awakenings" which starred Robin Williams. In it, a young neurologist treate ...
