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

In his most extraordinary book, "one of the great clinical writers of the 20th century" (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. Oliver Sacks's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells...

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Main Author: Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 1998.
Edition:First Touchstone edition
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Table of Contents:
  • Losses: Introduction
  • Man who mistook his wife for a hat
  • Lost mariner
  • Disembodied lady
  • Man who fell out of bed
  • Hands
  • Phantoms
  • On the level
  • Eyes right!
  • President's speech
  • Excesses: Introduction
  • Witty ticcy ray
  • Cupid's disease
  • Matter of identity
  • Yes, father-sister
  • Possessed
  • Transports: Introduction
  • Reminiscence
  • Incontinent nostalgia
  • Passage to India
  • Dog beneath the skin
  • Murder
  • Visions of Hildegard
  • World of the simple: Rebecca
  • Walking grove
  • Twins
  • Autist artist
  • Bibliography.