false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170976920m/80050.jpg 80050 10 Dr. Oliver Sacks's books <I>Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars</I> and the bestselling <I>The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat</I> have been acclaimed for their extraordinary compassion in the treatment of patients affected with profound disorders.<P>In <I>A Leg to Stand On,</I> it is Sacks himself who is the patient: an encounter with a bull on a desolate mountain in Norway has left him with a severely damaged leg. But what should be a routine recuperation is actually the beginning of a strange medical journey when he finds that his leg uncannily no longer feels part of his body. Sacks's brilliant description of his crisis and eventual recovery is not only an illuminating examination of the experience of patienthood and the inner nature of illness and health but also a fascinating exploration of the physical basis of identity.<P> 1066034 1984 A Leg to Stand On total:262|5:65|4:112|3:62|2:19|1:4| 262 1001 389 27 3 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 14:28:30 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 19:34:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 18:27:50 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 11:39:54 -0800 2009 wrecked his leg in a run-in with a bull on a mountain in Norway, and barely got out alive. This is his memoir of his recovery, focusing on his post-operative distress to discover that the leg was psychologically absent from his body awareness, thanks probably to undiagnosed nerve da...more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Apr 07 09:03:20 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 23:29:14 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 22:07:05 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Sun Jan 06 17:45:45 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 17:47:08 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 29 09:56:37 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 05 14:51:28 -0700 2008
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