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At the age of 19, Ian Waterman was suddenly struck down at work by a rare neurological illness that deprived him of all

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English Pages 216 [218] Year 1995

Table of contents :
Foreword by Oliver Sacks LX
Preface by Ian Waterman XV
Acknowledgements xvi
Glossary xix
Prologue 1
1 Ian the Third 3
2 Gastric Flu 10
3 The Physiological Loss 24
4 Down 35
5 Outward Bound 47
6 Sent to Coventry 64
7 Skinning a Cat 78
8 Coming Alive Again 87
9 In the Bleak Midwinter 101
10 Life’s Work 110
11 The Physiology of Cheating 122
12 Senses and Sensibilities 138
13 The 29th of February 152
14 The Daily Marathon 163
Notes 181
Bibliography 191
Index 193

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Jonathan Cole Foreword by Oliver Sacks

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