Leg to stand on

By:

Sacks, Oliver

Publication details: London: Picador, 2023.Description: xii, 206p.: pbk.: 20 cmISSN:

9781529087420

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

362.43 SAC

Summary: When Oliver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg while climbing a mountain, he found himself in an unusual position – that of patient. The injury itself was severe, but straightforward to fix; the psychological effects, however, were far less easy to predict, explain, or resolve: Sacks experienced paralysis and an inability to perceive his leg as his own, instead seeing it as some kind of alien and inanimate object, over which he had no control. A Leg to Stand On is both an account of Sacks’ ordeal and subsequent recovery, and an exploration of the ways in which mind and body are inextricably linked. https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/oliver-sacks/a-leg-to-stand-on/9781529087420

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When Oliver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg while climbing a mountain, he found himself in an unusual position – that of patient. The injury itself was severe, but straightforward to fix; the psychological effects, however, were far less easy to predict, explain, or resolve: Sacks experienced paralysis and an inability to perceive his leg as his own, instead seeing it as some kind of alien and inanimate object, over which he had no control.
A Leg to Stand On is both an account of Sacks’ ordeal and subsequent recovery, and an exploration of the ways in which mind and body are inextricably linked.

https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/oliver-sacks/a-leg-to-stand-on/9781529087420

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