Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
3 reviews
lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I received this as a gift after stumbling across the title while working at a university bookstore. I thought the content sounded fascinating.
"The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" is a collection of different case studies from renowned neuroscientist Oliver Sacks. Each chapter chronicles a different patient suffering with a different type of memory-related issue.
I really enjoyed how this book was organized and presented. There were sections that grouped related cases together, and there was an introduction for each section to give a high-level overview of what was going to be discussed. Each case and patient were discussed thoughtfully; however, it is quickly evident that this book was written many years ago because some of the terminology used felt insensitive. The mind is a wild and fascinating place, and I think it is riveting to learn about different instances of medical anomalies.
If you are interested in or studying the mind, I recommend this work, and I will certainly keep Oliver Sacks's work in mind to pick up in the future.
"The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" is a collection of different case studies from renowned neuroscientist Oliver Sacks. Each chapter chronicles a different patient suffering with a different type of memory-related issue.
I really enjoyed how this book was organized and presented. There were sections that grouped related cases together, and there was an introduction for each section to give a high-level overview of what was going to be discussed. Each case and patient were discussed thoughtfully; however, it is quickly evident that this book was written many years ago because some of the terminology used felt insensitive. The mind is a wild and fascinating place, and I think it is riveting to learn about different instances of medical anomalies.
If you are interested in or studying the mind, I recommend this work, and I will certainly keep Oliver Sacks's work in mind to pick up in the future.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, War, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical content
zoebill96's review
challenging
informative
slow-paced
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Chronic illness, Medical content, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
laurataylor's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Medical content
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