A Leg to Stand On Download

Author: Oliver W. Sacks
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0671467808
Category: Medical

A Leg to Stand On

'Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. Download A Leg to Stand On medical books for free.
His writing turns brains and minds transparent' Observer When Oliver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg while climbing a mountain, he found himself in an unusual position -- that of patient. The injury itself was severe, but straightforward to fix; the psychological effects, however, were far less easy to predict, explain, or resolve: Sacks experienced paralysis and an inability to perceive his leg as his own, instead seeing it as some kind of alien and inanimate object, over which he had no control. A Leg to Stand On is both an account of Sacks' ordeal and subsequent recovery, and an exploration of the ways in which mind and body are inextricably linked. 'In Get A Leg to Stand On our bestseller medical books.

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