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The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons : : the History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery

Kean, Sam. Book - 2014 617.48 Ke 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 5 out of 5

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Gross anatomy. The dueling neurosurgeons -- Cells, senses, circuits. The assassin's soup ; Wiring and rewiring ; Facing brain damage -- Body and brain. The brain's motor ; The laughing disease ; Sex and punishment -- Beliefs and delusions. The sacred disease ; "Sleights of mind" -- Consciousness. Honest lying ; Left, right, and center ; The man, the myth, the legend.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Year Published: 2014
Description: 407 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780316182348
0316182346

SUBJECTS
Brain -- Physiology.
Brain -- Diseases.
Neurosciences -- History.