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Disturbances of the mind / Douwe Draaisma ; translated by Barbara Fasting.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Draaisma, D.
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nervous system--Diseases--History.
- Nervous system.
- Brain--Diseases--History.
- Brain.
- Neurology--Research.
- Neurology.
- Brain--Research.
- Neurologists.
- Psychiatrists.
- Brain--Diseases.
- History.
- Nervous system--Diseases.
- Physical Description:
- v, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Dutch.
- Contents:
- 1 Towards dusk the images appear: Bonnet syndrome 11
- 2 A tormenting round of tremors: Parkinson's disease 40
- 3 Phineas Gage's posthumous stroll: the Gage matrix 65
- 4 The Celestine prophesy: Broca's area 97
- 5 Sparks from a Leyden jar: Jackson's epilepsy 126
- 6 Siberian brandy: Korsakoff syndrome 147
- 7 Go to hell, idiot! Gilles de la Tourette syndrome 169
- 8 A labyrinth of tangles: Alzheimer's disease 199
- 9 The Mercator of neurology: Brodmann's areas 229
- 10 The headquarters of madness: Clřambault syndrome 256
- 11 A cup of tea for the doppelgñger: Capgras syndrome 280
- 12 Little professors: Asperger syndrome 298
- 13 The Cardan suspension of science 326.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780521509664
- 0521509661
- OCLC:
- 351329780
- Publisher Number:
- 99936112318
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