Patient H.M.

Patient H.M.
Author: Luke Dittrich
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2016-08-11
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1448104688


Download Patient H.M. Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

In the summer of 1953, maverick neurosurgeon William Beecher Scoville performed a groundbreaking operation on an epileptic patient named Henry Molaison. But it was a catastrophic failure, leaving Henry unable to create long-term memories. Scoville's grandson, Luke Dittrich, takes us on an astonishing journey through the history of neuroscience, from the first brain surgeries in ancient Egypt to the New England asylum where his grandfather developed a taste for human experimentation. Dittrich's investigation confronts unsettling family secrets and reveals the dark roots of modern neuroscience, raising troubling questions that echo into the present day.


Patient H.M.
Language: en
Pages: 480
Authors: Luke Dittrich
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-11 - Publisher: Random House

GET EBOOK

In the summer of 1953, maverick neurosurgeon William Beecher Scoville performed a groundbreaking operation on an epileptic patient named Henry Molaison. But it
Permanent Present Tense
Language: en
Pages: 384
Authors: Suzanne Corkin
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-05-15 - Publisher: Penguin UK

GET EBOOK

In Permanent Present Tense Suzanne Corkin tells the incredible story of the amnesiac Henry Gustave Molaison - known only as H.M. until his death in 2008 - and w
Remembering
Language: en
Pages: 402
Authors: Donald G. MacKay
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK

This book summarizes the results of a revolution in the scientific understanding of memory, mind, and brain that began in 1953 when a twenty-seven-year-old man
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales
Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: Oliver Sacks
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

GET EBOOK

Explores neurological disorders and their effects upon the minds and lives of those affected with an entertaining voice.
The Perpetual Now
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Michael D. Lemonick
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-02-07 - Publisher: Anchor

GET EBOOK

In the aftermath of a shattering illness, Lonni Sue Johnson lives in a "perpetual now," where she has almost no memories of the past and a nearly complete inabi