5 Quotes by Oliver Sacks about medicine

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    When the neglect is severe, the patient may behave almost as if one half of the universe had abruptlyceased to exist in any meaningful form.... Patients with unilateral neglect behave not only as if nothingwere actually happening in the left hemispace, but also as if nothing of any importance could beexpected to occur there.

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    Cualquier enfermedad introduce una duplicidad en la vida: un "ello", con sus propias necesidades, exigencias y limitaciones.

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    Music is...a fundamental way of expressing our humanity - and it is often our best medicine.

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    If migraine patients have a common and legitimate second complaint besides their migraines, it is that they have not been listened to by physicians. Looked at, investigated, drugged, charged, but not listened to.

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