From the day of his surgery until his death in 2008, every person H.M. met, every song he heard, every room he entered, was a completely fresh experience. His brain was frozen in time. Each day, he was befuddled by the fact that someone could change the television channel by pointing a black rectangle of plastic at the screen. He introduced himself to his doctors and nurses over and over, dozens of times each day.1.10
If you’re interested in learning more about H.M., let me recommend a great book that has come out since POH was published: Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets by Luke Dittrich (who is the grandson of the doctor who removed sections of H.M.’s brain.)
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Note that a lot of the narrative goes well beyond HM and his condition, so if that's what you're after, perhaps focus on those ch…