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*