The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales
 

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales

by Oliver Sacks

In his most extraordinary book, "one of the great clinical writers of the 20th century" (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. Oliver Sacks's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals afflicted with fantastic perceptual and intellectual aberrations: patients who have... (read more)

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Joy B
  • Rated 4 stars

A surprisingly quick and easy read; I was expecting to be bogged down by clinical terms but that was not the case. Interesting case studies of people with neurological disorders.

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Collin T
  • Rated 1 stars

Dry. Reading this book is like eating saltine crackers without anything to drink. He only briefly discusses the cases (these are, ahem, the interesting parts of the book) and then embarks on tedious philosophical discussions about neurology. He does seem very proud of himself and his education, though; I will give him that as a backhanded compliment.

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  • Rated 4.011037 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
 

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  • ZOEY P

    zoey p said:

    What a fascinating book! I read it for a summer assignment for my AP Psychology class. I was scared that it would have too much science, making it hard to read, but the contrary was true. It was a very fast read- I read it in under two days!
    The Man Who Mistook his Wife For a Hat consists of case studies of people with unusual psychological disorders, such as hearing music all the time when it is not playing. This could end up as a freak show, but author Oliver Saks does not exploit his patients. He is very compassionate towards them, making the reader sympathetic with them as well. It has some scientific content in order to back up Sack's ideas and findings, but it is never boring and the science is needed. I recommend it to those both interested and uninterested in psychology.

    posted 2 weeks ago
  • Sylvia G

    sylvia g said:

    One of my all-time VERY favorites!

    posted Tuesday, November 20 2007
  • jason r

    jason r said:

    How has this book affected you outlook on patient care, or was is read for curiosity?

    posted Friday, November 9 2007 ( | view 2 replies )
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