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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jessica MatyasPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.470kg ISBN: 9780367442859ISBN 10: 036744285 Pages: 158 Publication Date: 09 September 2020 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Acknowledgments * Chapter 1: ""What could Possibly go Wrong?"" - An introduction to Neurotrauma * Chapter 2: ""Bone Windows"" – Trephination and the Modern Craniotomy * Chapter 3: ""In with a Bang"" - The American Crowbar Case, Mr. Phineas Gage * Chapter 4: ""No Words to Describe"" – Patient Tan and Aphasias * Chapter 5: ""We’re All Mad Here"" – Mercury Toxicity and the Origin of the Phrase ‘Mad as a Hatter’ * Chapter 6: ""My World of Pure Imagination"" – Roald Dahl’s Journey from Fighter Pilot to Children’s Author * Chapter 7: ""Fast, Affordable Brain Surgery for Everyone!"" – Walter Freeman, Pioneer of the Transorbital Lobotomy * Chapter 8: ""Hi, my name is Henry"" – The world’s most memorable amnestic, H.M. * Chapter 9: ""To Jodie with Love"" – James Brady’s Emotional Journey * Chapter 10: ""On Shaky Ground"" – The Frozen Addicts and Toxin-Induced Parkinsonism * Chapter 11: ""The One True Superman"" – Christopher Reeve’s Steps Toward Hope * Chapter 12: ""A Stream of Water is Endlessly Beautiful"" – Jason Padgett and Acquired Savant Syndrome * Chapter 13: ""Man Bites Dog"" – How Rabies Encephalitis May Someday Be Curable * Chapter 14: ""Down like a Ton of Bricks"" – Iron Mike Webster and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy * Chapter 15: ""Misery Loves Company"" – Similarities among Highly Variable TBIs/SCIs * References * Index*"ReviewsAuthor InformationJessica Matyas is the Chair of the Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences at Rochester University, located in Rochester, Michigan, with research and teaching experience. She has previously published in the area of spinal cord injury and is an authority in this aspect of CNS trauma. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |