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A Leg to Stand On
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Here the doctor becomes the patient, as Dr. Sacks chronicles the mountaineering accident which left him with the uncanny feeling of being “legless,” and raises profound questions of the physical basis of identity.In A Leg To Stand On, it is Dr. Sacks himself who is the patient: an encounter with a bull on a desolate mountain in Norway has left him with a severely damaged leg. But what should be a routine recuperation is actually the beginning of a strange medical journey, when he finds that his leg uncannily no longer feels a part of his body. Sacks’s description of his crisis and eventual recovery is not only an illuminating examination of the experience of patienthood and the inner nature of illness and health, but also a fascinating exploration of the physical basis of identity.
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| Weight | 0.209975 kg |
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| Dimensions | 1.6002 × 13.1826 × 20.32 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 240 |
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| Year Published | 2021-9-21 |
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| Publication City/Country | Canada |
| ISBN 10 | 1039002501 |
| About The Author | Dr. Oliver Sacks spent more than fifty years working as a neurologist and writing books about the neurological predicaments and conditions of his patients, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Musicophilia, and Hallucinations. The New York Times referred to him as "the poet laureate of medicine," and over the years, he received many awards, including honors from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Royal College of Physicians. His memoir, On the Move, was published shortly before his death in August 2015. |
“We long for thinkers like Dr. Sacks, who remind us that science is about wonder, and who, by so doing, hint that perhaps the idea that we are merely matter in motion is just part of the story, but not the whole story. His emphasis on wonder reminds us that science is about opening, not just closing, questions.” —Norman Doidge, The Globe and Mail“In calling for a ‘neurology of the soul’ and a ‘deeper and more humane medicine,’ Sacks’s remarkable book raises issues of profound importance for everyone interested in health care and the humane application of science.” —The Washington Post“Superb . . . Dr. Sacks tells the story of an extraordinary experience . . . thatbrought him not merely near death but in an intimate tango with it danced to the sound of life itself.” —Maria Popova, Brain Pickings“To read Sacks is to be captivated as by pages of Dostoevsky or a story byAlice Munro.” —Ottawa Citizen |
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