Patient H.M. : a story of memory, madness and family secrets
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Random House, [2016].
ISBN
9780812992731, 0812992733
Physical Desc
xv, 440 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Acton - Adult | 616.8523 D617 | On Shelf |
Arlington - Adult | 616.8523 DIT | In Transit |
Bedford - Adult | 616.8523/Dit | On Shelf |
Belmont Beech St. - Adult | 616.85 DIT | Storage |
Brookline - Adult | 616.85 Dittrich 2016 | Checked Out |
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Published
New York : Random House, [2016].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780812992731, 0812992733
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
"In the late 1930s, in asylums and hospitals across America, a group of renowned neurosurgeons worked to develop and refine a new class of brain operation--the lobotomy--that they hoped would eradicate everything from schizophrenia to homosexuality...The most important test subject to emerge from this largely untold chapter was a 27-year-old factory worker named Henry Molaison...Journalist Luke Dittrich uses his case as a starting point for a kaleidoscopic journey, from the first recorded brain surgeries in ancient Egypt to the cutting-edge laboratories of MIT...It is also, at times, a deeply personal journey: Dittrich's grandfather was the brilliant, morally complex surgeon who operated on Molaison--and thousands of other patients..."--From dust jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dittrich, L. (2016). Patient H.M.: a story of memory, madness and family secrets . Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dittrich, Luke. 2016. Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness and Family Secrets. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dittrich, Luke. Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness and Family Secrets Random House, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dittrich, Luke. Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness and Family Secrets Random House, 2016.
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