The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales -- Oliver Sacks

<b>A Contemporary Classics hardcover edition of Dr. Sacks's most extraordinary book, in which the "poet laureate of medicine" (<i>The New York Times</i>) recounts fascinating case histories of patients with neurological disorders.</b> <p/>An influential landmark in the tradition of writing about the body and the brain, <i> The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat</i> 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. <p/>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." <p/>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.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Oliver Sacks<br><b>Publisher:</b> Everyman's Library<br><b>Published:</b> 10/03/2023<br><b>Pages: