referred to as "absoluteness of spiritual attention and act" (page 38), Jimmie's spirit, regardless of the brain disorders, was never completely lost.
             The narrative "The Lost Mariner" proved to me that there really is a person beneath these neurological diseases. I had always believed that the disease almost became whom the person was and took over their life. In some cases that is true but this narrative made me realize that Jimmie spirit was still under that disease. All of the stories that Dr. Sacks discusses were very interesting and informative. In the case "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" (7-21) the patient was Dr. P a distinguished musician and teacher at a music school. This was wh
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