Migraine

Author: Oliver Sacks

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  • : $24.99 AUD
  • : 9780330526142
  • : Pan Macmillan
  • : Picador
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  • : 0.277
  • : May 2012
  • : 197mm X 130mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 24.99
  • : December 2011
  • : January 2023
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  • : books

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  • : Oliver Sacks
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  • : Paperback
  • : 12-Nov
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  • : English
  • : 616.8/57
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  • : 368
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  • : Illustrations (some col.)
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Barcode 9780330526142
9780330526142

Description

'A mine of treasures, a source of visions, a microcosm of human experience and suffering, the philosopher's stone: Migraine is a remarkable achievement' Sunday Telegraph Migraine is an age-old - the first recorded instances date back over two thousand years - and often debilitating condition, affecting a 'substantial minority' of the population across the globe. In Migraine, Oliver Sacks offers at once a medical account of its occurrence and management; an exploration of its physical, physiological, and psychological underpinnings and consequences; and a meditation on the nature and experience of health and illness.

Author description

Oliver Sacks is a physician and the author of many books, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Awakenings (which inspired the Oscar-nominated film) and Musicophilia. Born in London and educated at Oxford, he now lives in New York City, where he is Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Columbia University. He is the first, and only, Columbia University Artist, and is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. In 2008, he was appointed Commander of the British Empire. For more information, visit www.oliversacks.com