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 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC [2021]
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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.