Hi Jack,
I am familiar with Sacks’ work from having read the man who mistook his wife for a hat – a very interesting insight into such disorders
I will certainly check the link out,
thank you,
cheers, teena
> Teena and Terry (and all),
> Oliver Sacks, the renown neurologist, has almost single-handedly restored the case history/case study method in medical research to public prominence (well, most medical researchers would still be hostile to the method, but at least it is being given serious attention again). Dr Sacks' neurological case histories include The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat (1985), Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (2007) and The Mind’s Eye (2010). (And his 1973 book, Awakenings, about a group of patients who had survived the encephalitis lethargica epidemic of the early 20th century, was the basis for a film of the same name in 1990.)
> There is a wonderful interview with Sacks by the American radio programme Radiolab, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, where he eloquently recounts his experience with the case study/history -- how and why he came to decide that this was the method he wanted to follow, to devote his career to (there are some quite funny stories in the interview as well, about his not-so-successful very early career as a laboratory scientist).
> Here's the link to the interview (you can stream it or download): http://www.radiolab.org/story/305470-happy-birthday-good-doctor-sacks/
> Please enjoy,
> Jack
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