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Patient H.M.: A Family's Secrets, the Ruthless Pursuit of Knowledge, and the Brain That Changed Everything
Patient HM A Family's Secrets the Ruthless Pursuit of Knowledge and the Brain That Changed Everything
Author: Luke Dittrich
In 1953, a twenty-seven-year-old factory worker named Henry Molaison—who suffered from severe epilepsy—received a radical new version of the then-common lobotomy, targeting the most mysterious structures in the brain. The operation failed to eliminate Henry’s seizures, but it did have an unintended effect: Henry was left profou...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780812992731
ISBN-10: 0812992733
Publication Date: 4/12/2016
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Random House
Book Type: Hardcover
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