| Edition |
First North American edition. |
| Description |
x, 324 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-322). |
| Contents |
The inward empire: the marrow of the skull: the birth of neurology and a basic guide to the brain -- Lost: the man who couldn't open a door: a guide to proprioception -- Help me: Phineas Gage, the most famous neurological patient in history -- The Frankenstein dance: the first recorded case of MS -- The dead teach the living: "I only observe, nothing more": Jean-Martin Charcot and the discovery of MS -- The ghost on the green: Myelin, the mysterious--and misunderstood--substance at the heart of MS -- Hyde: the viking gene, the equator, and vitamin D: the hunt for the possible causes of MS -- Inside the tent: the art of diagnosis -- The explorers' club. |
| Summary |
Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis shortly after his daughter's birth, the author compares the joy, heartbreak, and anxiety of his own neurological decline with his daughter's flourishing brain activity. |
| Subject |
Donlan, Christian -- Health.
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Multiple sclerosis -- Patients -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Multiple sclerosis -- Popular works.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Added Title |
Unmapped mind
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| ISBN |
9780316509367 |
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0316509361 |
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