drama film based on Oliver Sacks' 1973 memoir of the same title. It tells the true story of British neurologist Oliver Sacks, fictionalized as American Malcolm Sayer (portrayed by Robin Williams), who, in 1969, discovered beneficial effects of the drug L-Dopa. He administered it to catatonic patients who survived the 1917–28 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica. Leonard Lowe (played by Robert De Niro) and the rest of the patients were awakened after decades of catatonia and have to deal with a new
Analysis of “Eyes Right!” Travis Cooper Eastern Washington University Analysis of Eyes Right! In this paper I will detail the story, “Eyes Right!”, in the book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales, Dr. Oliver Sacks (1985). Dr. Sacks explains the story of Mrs. S who has suffered a massive stroke. I will begin my paper by giving a summary of the story, including the brain systems and functions that were affected; next I will address the impact of stroke on Mrs. S occupational