Umfang:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781003008798
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1003008798
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9781000172850
,
1000172856
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9781000172928
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1000172929
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9781000172782
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1000172783
Inhalt:
"What could possibly go wrong?" : an introduction to neurotrauma -- "Bone windows" : trephination and the modern craniotomy -- "In with a bang" : the American crowbar case, Mr. Phineas Gage -- "No words to describe" : Patient Tan and aphasias -- "We're all mad here" : mercury toxicity and the origin of the phrase 'mad as a hatter' -- "My world of pure imagination" : Roald Dahl's journey from fighter pilot to children's author -- "Fast, affordable brain surgery for everyone!" : Walter Freeman, pioneer of the transorbital lobotomy -- "Hi, my name is Henry" : the world's most memorable amnestic, H.M -- "To Jodie with love" : James Brady's emotional journey -- "On shaky ground" : the frozen addicts and toxin-induced parkinsonism -- "The one true Superman" : Christopher Reeve's steps toward hope -- "A stream of water is endlessly beautiful" : Jason Padgett and acquired savant syndrome -- "Man bites dog" : how rabies encephalitis may someday be curable -- "Down like a ton of bricks" : Iron Mike Webster and chronic traumatic encephalopathy -- "Misery loves company" : similarities among highly variable TBIs/SCIs.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780367442859
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780367442835
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780367442859
Sprache:
Englisch
