Who Is Oliver Sacks The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat

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Oliver Sacks, a professor at Columbia University Medical Center, Has written many case studies in the past but his best-seller is The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. This story is about Dr. P a well-known musician and music teacher. Dr. P started seeing a problem after a bit where he would not be able to see his student’s faces but can still hear them. Then he started to see faces where there should be none which led to many embarrassing & humorous moments. Sine Dr. P did not feel ill he thought nothing of it until he realized he had diabetes which can effect a person’s eyes. Dr. P originally went to a normal doctor to check his eyes to which the doctor said they were fine but his visual part of his brain was off so he sent him to Oliver …show more content…

P arrived at Dr. Sacks office he seemed like any other well-mannered individual but Dr. Sacks noticed that Dr. P didn’t focus on his face only some small features around it. Dr. Sacks asked Dr. P what was wrong only to be told that nothing was wrong but he just makes mistakes every now and then. After talking to Dr. P’s wife Dr. Sacks performed a neurological exam which he noticed something wrong with his left side. After doing a reflex test on Dr. P’s foot he asked him to put his shoe back on while prepared the ophthalmoscope. When Dr. Sacks returned Dr. P did not put his shoes back on because he confused his foot with his shoe and visa-versa.
Dr. Sacks then check his eye sight which turned out fairly well except if an object was put on his left side he would miss it at times. Dr. Sacks then showed him pictures from a national geographic book to which Dr. P only looked at small details, never the whole image. Dr. P then goes to make up his own details in a picture of a dessert that lacked details. Afterword’s Dr. P reached for his wife’s hand and put it on his head thinking his wife was a hat. Dr. Sacks then made a house visit to Dr. P where Dr. Sacks saw that the music school did not keep him employed for …show more content…

Sacks realized that Dr. P had difficulty identify things on his left perspective and could not see anything without detail. Dr. Sacks then came to realize that Dr. P can remember noises very well and can imagine things fine. Dr. P did not relies there was something wrong with his visit merely ignoring the absence of things. Dr. sacsk then asked his wife how Dr. p was able to do anything on his own which she replied saying that he cannot do anything without making it a song. Dr. P’s wife goes on to say that if he is interrupted during his song he stops completely unable to see his task at hand until he returns back to singing. Dr. Sacks then noticed some paintings on the walls made by Dr. P which seemed to go in order showing his early work with very detailed images and emotions. Dr. P’s latest panting was more abstract and cubic which was nothing like his earlier

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