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 An Anthropologist on Mars - Oliver Sacks
Newest Review: ... that colour blind painter, a man who had suffered from a car crash and suffered a concussion. Pretty straight forward you ... more  ... might think, but since the crash he has had razor sharp sight, but he is now completely colour blind. I don't mean he has troupe distinguishing red from green, this man is completely colour blind! He sees his brown dog as a dark grey, tomato juice looks black etc. If you were to take a picture of the word using a black and white camera, this is what this man sees. Wired! In desperation the man writes to Sacks asking for help, and the chapter follows the tests and talks between the two men. Next we ...more |
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An Anthropologist on Mars - Oliver Sacks: The surgeon with a rather large twitch (!) and other stories ... (922 words)
by - written on 27/06/01 (Very useful, 1235 readings)
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You may or may not have heard of Oliver Sacks so before I tell you all about the book, let me tell you a little bit about the man himself. You may be familiar with the film "Awakenings" which starred Robin Williams. In it, a young neurologist treated a group of post encephalitic patients, a neurological condition that left them in a zombie-like state. This neurologist managed to 'awaken' the patients by administering a drug called L-DOPA. These patients came back to a life as we know it, only to tragically re-succumb to their original condition as the effect of the drug wore off and their bodies and minds became immune to its effects. ... Read the complete review
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