Famous case histories in neurotrauma : what neuroscience continues to learn from survivors /: what neuroscience continues to learn from survivors. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jessica Matyas.
• Authors: Matyas, Jessica
• Contents: Acknowledgments * Chapter 1: "What could Possibly go Wrong?" - An introduction to Neurotrauma * Chapter 2: "Bone Windows" – Trephination and the Modern Craniotomy * Chapter 3: "In with a Bang" - The American Crowbar Case, Mr. Phineas Gage * Chapter 4: "No Words to Describe" – Patient Tan and Aphasias * Chapter 5: "We’re All Mad Here" – Mercury Toxicity and the Origin of the Phrase ‘Mad as a Hatter’ * Chapter 6: "My World of Pure Imagination" – Roald Dahl’s Journey from Fighter Pilot to Children’s Author * Chapter 7: "Fast, Affordable Brain Surgery for Everyone!" – Walter Freeman, Pioneer of the Transorbital Lobotomy * Chapter 8: "Hi, my name is Henry" – The world’s most memorable amnestic, H.M. * Chapter 9: "To Jodie with Love" – James Brady’s Emotional Journey * Chapter 10: "On Shaky Ground" – The Frozen Addicts and Toxin-Induced Parkinsonism * Chapter 11: "The One True Superman" – Christopher Reeve’s Steps Toward Hope * Chapter 12: "A Stream of Water is Endlessly Beautiful" – Jason Padgett and Acquired Savant Syndrome * Chapter 13: "Man Bites Dog" – How Rabies Encephalitis May Someday Be Curable * Chapter 14: "Down like a Ton of Bricks" – Iron Mike Webster and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy * Chapter 15: "Misery Loves Company" – Similarities among Highly Variable TBIs/SCIs * References * Index*
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 617.48044; Nervous system -- Wounds and injuries -- Case studies; Nervous system -- Wounds and injuries -- Patients -- Rehabilitation -- Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000172928; 9781000172782; 9781000172850; 9781003008798
• Related ISBNs: 9780367442859; 9780367442835
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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