Overview

This book provides a unique perspective on what it is like to be brain-damaged, seen through the eyes of doctors or neurosurgeons who have themselves suffered a brain injury or brain illness. Each of the personal accounts, written over the past 120 years, is accompanied by a commentary written by the author which critically examines the experiences of the sufferer, relating them to current issues in clinical neurology and cognitive neuroscience. The author also provides an introduction to each contribution, and in a final overview chapter he combines the lessons learned from all the articles. Accounts from over 40 individuals cover a wide range of conditions including: memory disorders, lanaguage disorders, visual disorders, Parkinson's disease, stroke, brain tumour, head injury, and epilepsy.

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Author:   Narinder Kapur (Professor, Professor, Southampton General Hospital)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.80cm
Weight:   0.937kg
ISBN:  

9780198521440

ISBN 10:   0198521448
Pages:   442
Publication Date:   28 November 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Memory disorders M. Meltzer: Poor memory: a case report H.L. Klawans: Did I remove that gallbladder? M.J. Morgan: Looking after a patient with Alzheimer's disease Dr. X.: Busman's holiday: Clinical interview Chapter 2 - Language disorders F.W. Andrewes: On being bereft of speech R.H. Rose: A physician's account of his aphasia W. Riese: Auto-observation of aphasia C.S. Moss: Notes from an aphasiac psychologist, or different strokes for different folks C.S. Moss: The accident and the ensuing six months C.S. Moss: Recovery at twelve months C.S. Moss: Two years later M.H. Ashcraft: A personal case history of transcient anomia Chapter 3 - Visual disorders Patterns of cerebral integration indicated by the scotomas of migraine K. Mize: Visual hallucinations following viral encephalitis: a self report Recovery from occipital stroke: a self-report and an inquiry into visual processes D.B. Boles: Visual field effects of classical migraine Chapter 4 - Parkinson's disease Anonymous: Parkinsonism C. Todes: Inside Parkinsonism ... A psychiatrist's personal experience C. Todes: Somatopsychic J. Doe: Alleviation of severe emotional symptoms by Carbidopa - Levodopa, MSD, in a Parkinson's patient: A personal report D.B. Hackell: Parkinson;s Disease L.B. Guss: Parkinson's Disease A.W.S. Thompson: On being a Parkinsonian J. Williams: Parkinson's Disease: Doctors as Patients Chapter 5 - Brain tumour Anonymous: Cerebral Tumour Anonymous: Pituitary Cyst L. Arthur: An astrocytoma J.A. McCool: In memory of a brain tumour J.A. McCool: Brain tumour C. Mainwaring: Life without a cerebellum C. Mainwaring: Life without a cerebellum: update Chapter 6 - Stroke M. Buck: The language disorders A. Brodal: Self-observations and neuro-anatomical considerations after a stroke D. Kyle: Personal View T.H. Howell: How my teaching about the management of stroke would change after my own D. Goldberg: My experience had a famous name P. Smithells: Personal account by a sufferer from a stroke P. Medawar: Memoir of a thinking radish F. Coulbrough: On the receiving end Chapter 7 - Head injury W.L. LaBaw: Thirty-three months of recovery from trauma: a subjective report L.R. Freeman: Cerebral concussion L.F. Marshall and R.M. Ruff: Neurosurgeon as victim F.R. Linge: What does it feel like to be brain damaged? F.R. Linge: Faith, hope, and love: non-traditional therapy in recovery from serious head injury, a personal account A.E. Ostrum: Brain injury: a personal view A.E. Ostrum: The locked-in syndrome - comments from a survivor Chapter 8 - Epilepsy On a particular variety of epilepsy ( intellectual aura ), one case with symptoms of organic brain disease Quaerens: A prognostic and therapeutic indication in epilepsy J. Hughlings-Jackson: Case of epilepsy with tasting movements and dreamy state - very small patch of softening in the left uncinate gyrus J.P. Darling: The story of my epilepsy: The fortunate fate of a stubborn fool Anonymous (1952): Epilepsy Anonymous (1977): Epilepsy C. Morris: My life with epilepsy J. Lisyak: Epilepsy in my life K.R. Kaufman: Life with epilepsy: 1960-1992 K.R. Kaufman: To not be afraid

Reviews

`This is an unusual book. ... This eclectic collection is unique and is worth consulting for its more informal insights into the 'Injured Brains of Medical Minds'.' World Neurology, vol.12, no.2 `the work is beautifully presented, and the occasional illustrations pertinent throughout. ... What is impressive is the personal narrative, and the great courage shown by these authors.' British Medical Journal, vol.315, August 1997

This is an unusual book. ... This eclectic collection is unique and is worth consulting for its more informal insights into the 'Injured Brains of Medical Minds'. World Neurology, vol.12, no.2 the work is beautifully presented, and the occasional illustrations pertinent throughout. ... What is impressive is the personal narrative, and the great courage shown by these authors. British Medical Journal, vol.315, August 1997

the work is beautifully presented, and the occasional illustrations pertinent throughout. ... What is impressive is the personal narrative, and the great courage shown by these authors. * British Medical Journal, vol.315, August 1997 * This is an unusual book. ... This eclectic collection is unique and is worth consulting for its more informal insights into the 'Injured Brains of Medical Minds'. * World Neurology, vol.12, no.2 *

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