One-legged stand

Author: Oliver Sacks (USA)
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: The patients depicted in this book are Sacks himself. He encountered a bull in a remote mountain area in Norway, and this accident caused severe disability to one of his legs. When he realized that his leg no longer felt like a part of his body, he discovered that what was usually considered conventional recovery training was actually the beginning of a series of long and strange medical treatments for the patient. In the book, he describes in detail the psychological crisis he suffered and his eventual recovery, not only examining his first patient experience, the nature of illness and health, but also exploring brilliantly the physical basis of self-awareness. When Sacks mentioned One Leg, he once said, "This time it's the other way around. I am a patient, troubled by the injured leg, unable to understand my condition or communicate with the doctors. Writing it down was my only comfort."