The man who mistook his wife for a hat

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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is a famous Neurology and Psychology book written by Oliver Sacks. The book is about stories about his neurological disorder in his patients. Oliver wrote the case study of his patients with a language that was a both attractive and interesting. Just as the title, the book is a collection of his personal experienced and different cases studies that he observed when he was dealing with the patents. The title came about when he made an error of his patient. A patient who showed cognitive collapse. The book has four segments which are Losses, Excesses, Transports and The World of the Simple. In every section, there is a different story that Dr. Sacks addresses with different behavioral effects due to different physiological disorder. The purpose of this article is to discuss a neurological disorder, the organs of the body affected and how the disorder affects patients’ behaviors.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Dr. Oliver Sacks
Herpes Simplex Encephalitis is a neurological disorder that leads to inflammation of the brain (encephalitis). The common symptoms of the disease include a mild headache, fever, drowsiness, general weakness of the body. It is critical to note that this disorder has similar symptoms to a patient suffering from meningitis. The same symptoms include stiffness of the neck, alteration of reflexes, abnormalities in speech. Without a proper …