{"product_id":"the-man-who-mistook-his-wife-for-a-hat-and-other-clinical-tales-paperback","title":"The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOliver Sacks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn his most extraordinary book, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAwakenings\u003c\/i\u003e and \"poet laureate of medicine\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) recounts the case histories of patients inhabiting the compelling world of neurological disorders, from those who are no longer able to recognize common objects to those who gain extraordinary new skills.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing a new preface, Oliver Sacks's \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat\u003c\/i\u003e 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. 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.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOliver Sacks\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1933 in London and was educated at Queen's College, Oxford. He completed his medical training at San Francisco's Mount Zion Hospital and at UCLA before moving to New York. Familiar to the readers of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Sacks spent more than fifty years working as a neurologist and wrote many books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Musicophilia, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHallucinations, \u003c\/i\u003e about the strange neurological predicaments and conditions of his patients. \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eOn the Move\u003c\/i\u003e was published shortly before his death in August 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984397107501,"sku":"9780593466674","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/VllWWndVTkxBMzJyaUJZaVlsOXpVUT09.webp?v=1776092932","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-man-who-mistook-his-wife-for-a-hat-and-other-clinical-tales-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}