Reaching down the rabbit hole : a renowned neurologist explains the mystery and drama of brain disease

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Full Title:: Reaching down the rabbit hole : a renowned neurologist explains the mystery and drama of brain disease / Dr. Allan H. Ropper and Brian David Burrell

Subjects:: Neurology--Anecdotes
Brain--Diseases--Anecdotes
Neurologists
Neurology
Brain

Table of Contents:: Introduction: The queen -- What neurologists do -- Six improbable things before breakfast: Arrivals, departures, and delays on the ward -- Like a hole in the head: Where baseball and neurology converge in a game-saving, over-the-shoulder catch -- The state of confusion: Two characters in search of a neurologist -- My man Godfrey: A poor sort of memory that only works backwards -- What seems to be the problem?: A politically incorrect guide to malingering, shamming, and hysteria -- Do no harm: A walking time bomb tests the limits of good sense -- A story is worth a thousand pictures: Nine songs of innocence and experience -- Endgame: Facing down Lou Gehrig's disease -- The examined life: What it takes to survive a motor-neuron death sentence -- The curse of the werewolf: On the front lines in the battle against Dr. Parkinson's disease -- For the want of a nail: A hard-knock lesson on the way to the morgue -- The eyes have it: When is somebody not dead yet? -- Boats against the current: Based on a true story.
Summary:: In this book, Dr. Allan Ropper and Brian Burrell take the reader behind the scenes at Harvard Medical School's neurology unit to show how a seasoned diagnostician faces down bizarre, life-altering afflictions.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 263 pages ; 25 cm.