[FUN_Mail] FUN_Mail Digest, Vol 67, Issue 3
Christina McKittrick
cmckittr at drew.edu
Fri Jul 2 20:40:12 UTC 2021
I have used “Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness and Family Secrets” by Luke Dittrich in a book club for the NJ Governor’s School in the Sciences (for rising high school seniors). Dittrich is the grandson of William Scoville, who performed the surgery on Henry Molaison. In addition to telling the story of H.M., it also provides opportunities for interesting digression on topics like how we know what we know about the brain; medical ethics and how they have changed over time (Scoville was one of the surgeons active the heyday of the frontal lobotomy); gender issues (using psychosurgery to “treat” women who did not fit the cultural norms of the time; also highlights Brenda Milner as one of the foremost female neuroscientists); a custody battle over Henry’s brain, etc. The book was controversial at the time of its publication, and the controversy itself is also interesting to explore.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/08/the-dark-story-of-neurosciences-most-famous-patient/494939/ <https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/08/the-dark-story-of-neurosciences-most-famous-patient/494939/>
Tina McKittrick
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> I teach a course called The Brain in Books and Film. I like to use 3 books and have found 2 that I like a lot, My Brain on Fire, and Still Alice. However, I have never found a 3rd book I really like, though I have tried a number. Can anyone make any suggestions? I am open to film suggestions too, many of the ones I use are PBS specials.
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> The author of Still Alice has another book called Left Neglected that I like. Also, Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep is good, although more in-depth.
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> I teach a course called The Brain in Books and Film. I like to use 3 books and have found 2 that I like a lot, My Brain on Fire, and Still Alice. However, I have never found a 3rd book I really like, though I have tried a number. Can anyone make any suggestions? I am open to film suggestions too, many of the ones I use are PBS specials.
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> Oliver Sacks?s book The Island of the Colorblind, especially the middle section on Guam, is good. In that portion of the book he talks about a rare disease that is endemic on Guam, lytico-bodig. It has characteristics similar to both Parkinson?s and ALS. That chapter is especially nice in class because he proposes a theory for what might be causing Lytico-bodig, presents some data, nope that theory doesn?t hold up. Here?s another theory and data. Nope, that?s not the answer either. Here?s some new data for theory one ?. It really shows *how* science is done. Plus it has Sacks? usual caring and insightful description of his patients.
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> Sacks? The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is also good. Similar to that is Klawans? Why Michael Couldn?t Hit. Both are case studies of neurological patients. The latter title refers to Michael Jordan?s failed attempt to switch to baseball.
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> The Ghost in My Brain (post-concussion, by Clark Elliott) and With One Hand Tied Behind My Brain (post-stroke by Avrel Seale) are also good.
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> Pride and a Daily Marathon by Jonathan Cole is about a guy (Ian Waterman) who lost all proprioception below the neck at age 19. ALL of his movements now have to be done consciously and visually.
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> I teach a course called The Brain in Books and Film. I like to use 3 books and have found 2 that I like a lot, My Brain on Fire, and Still Alice. However, I have never found a 3rd book I really like, though I have tried a number. Can anyone make any suggestions? I am open to film suggestions too, many of the ones I use are PBS specials.
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