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Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole: A Renowned Neurologist Explains the Mystery and Drama of Brain Disease
Allan H. Ropper
3.81 AVERAGE
31 reviews for:
Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole: A Renowned Neurologist Explains the Mystery and Drama of Brain Disease
Allan H. Ropper
3.81 AVERAGE
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The best part of this book is it humanized neurological disease. It didn't rely too much on the medical speak and relied more on the stories and suffering the people felt.
informative
fast-paced
Oliver Sacks wannabe, but with less grace and consideration for the patients.
If you can get past the often clunky writing and often unexplained complex scientific terms, this book has a lot of interesting stories to offer. This is the saving grace of this memoir; the people at the centre of Dr Ropper's work. I found myself being turned off by the scripted, forced dialogue added in for the sake of the book, and for the frequent self-serving praise as told by other characters.
Ropper doesn't shy away from critiquing himself and does offer some interesting insights - especially around brain death - but personally I would have preferred to read more pages on the people with unexplained, rapidly evolving diseases than on the workings of a prestige hospital in Boston and a man trying, and failing, to be humble in explaining his central role in it all.
Ropper doesn't shy away from critiquing himself and does offer some interesting insights - especially around brain death - but personally I would have preferred to read more pages on the people with unexplained, rapidly evolving diseases than on the workings of a prestige hospital in Boston and a man trying, and failing, to be humble in explaining his central role in it all.
From BBC Radio 4 - Book os the Weej:
Neurologist Dr Allan H Ropper and his co-writer Brian D Burrell take us behind the scenes at the Harvard Medical School's neurology unit. Dr Ropper's case studies include the unusual, sometimes bizarre, and often moving stories of life-changing injuries and illness.
"In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," says Ropper, "Alice jumps into a rabbit hole and finds herself in a bizarre realm where everything bears little relation to the outside world. It is a place where, as the Red Queen mentions to Alice, it helps to believe six impossible things before breakfast. I have no need to believe six impossible things before breakfast because I know that on any given day I will be confronted with six improbable things before lunch..."
Read by Colin Stinton
Written by Dr Allan H Ropper and Brian D Burrell
Abridged by Pete Nichols
Neurologist Dr Allan H Ropper and his co-writer Brian D Burrell take us behind the scenes at the Harvard Medical School's neurology unit. Dr Ropper's case studies include the unusual, sometimes bizarre, and often moving stories of life-changing injuries and illness.
"In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," says Ropper, "Alice jumps into a rabbit hole and finds herself in a bizarre realm where everything bears little relation to the outside world. It is a place where, as the Red Queen mentions to Alice, it helps to believe six impossible things before breakfast. I have no need to believe six impossible things before breakfast because I know that on any given day I will be confronted with six improbable things before lunch..."
Read by Colin Stinton
Written by Dr Allan H Ropper and Brian D Burrell
Abridged by Pete Nichols
Very interesting and enjoyable tales of a neurologist's patients. Most of it is understandable for people who do not know any of the neurological terms, but at times it was hard to follow. A recommendation for anyone who wants a trip through the extraordinary human brain.