LEADER 00000cam 2200565Ii 4500 001 ocn957139428 003 OCoLC 005 20170724183209.0 008 160820s2017 enkaf b 000 0aeng d 019 956748690|a988667033 020 9781472936103|q(hardback) 020 1472936108|q(hardback) 020 9781472936110|q(trade paperback) 020 1472936116|q(trade paperback) 035 (OCoLC)957139428|z(OCoLC)956748690|z(OCoLC)988667033 037 |bSt Martins Pr, C/O Mps 16365 James Madison Hwy Us Hwy 15, Gordonsville, VA, USA, 22942, (212)6745151|nSAN 631-5011 040 BTCTA|beng|erda|cBTCTA|dBDX|dYDX|dNZWPM|dEUW|dOCLCO|dNZFNP |dSINLB|dJAI|dOCLCO|dFM0|dCPL|dXYZ|dWHP 043 e-uk--- 049 WHPP 050 4 RE728.O68|bP68 2017 060 4 WW 280 082 04 362.109|223 100 1 Potter, Vanessa,|eauthor. 245 10 Patient H69 :|bthe story of my second sight /|cVanessa Potter. 246 3 Patient H 69 264 1 London :|bBloomsbury Sigma,|c2017. 300 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :|billustrations (some colour) ;|c22 cm. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 490 1 Bloomsbury sigma ;|vbook 23 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-279) and index. 505 0 Introduction: The story of Patient H69 -- part 1: Diary of events: MMXII ; Snake bite ; The pillow ; D-Day ; Home ; Mowbray Road ; Painting project 1 -- part 2: Diary of the science: The science of my sight ; The art of seeing ; Synaesthesia ; Memory ; Making no sense ; Cambridge Science Festival 2015 ; 20/200 ; Time traveller -- Appendix I: The beach : a visualized sanctuary -- Appendix II: Visualization guide. 520 "In 2012, Vanessa Potter, a married advertising film producer with two young children, was stricken by Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD), a rare illness that resulted in sudden blindness and paralysis. She was hospitalized for two weeks. Over the next five months at home, she regained mobility but recovering her sight was more problematic. At first what she saw was monochromatic. As color reappeared, she encountered synesthesia (experiencing odd responses to stimuli, such as hearing inanimate objects talk to her). While a multidisciplinary team of neurobiologists, psychologists, immunologists, and developmental biologists treated her, she blogged and kept audio-diaries, using the pen-name Patient H69. In her own words, Potter reveals the terror and torment of her blindness. Supported by neuroscientists and Britain's National Health Service, Potter became a science sleuth, uncovering some of the innermost functions of the brain and our complex visual system, while learning meditation and self-hypnosis to help herself endure the ordeal and make a miraculous recovery."--Publisher's website. 600 10 Potter, Vanessa|xHealth. 650 0 Optic neuritis|xPatients|zGreat Britain|vBiography. 650 0 Optic neuritis|vCase studies. 650 0 Blind|zGreat Britain|vBiography. 650 0 Blind women|zGreat Britain|vBiography. 650 0 Blindness|vCase studies. 650 0 People with visual disabilities|zGreat Britain|vBiography. 650 0 Life change events|vCase studies. 650 0 Neurosciences. 650 12 Blindness. 655 7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 655 7 Personal narratives.|2lcgft 830 0 Bloomsbury sigma series ;|vbk. 23. 994 C0|bWHP
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