The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat

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Men ought to know that from nothing else but the

brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports,

and sorrows, griefs despondency, and lamentations.

And by this, in an especial manner, we acquire

wisdom and knowledge, and see and hear and know

what are foul and what are fair, what are bad and

what are good, what are sweet and what are

unsavory......And by the same organ we become mad

and delirious, and fears and terrors assail us...

All these things we endure from the brain when it

is not healthy... In these ways I am of the

opinion that the brain exercises the greatest

--Hippocrates, "On the Sacred Disease"

"It is human nature to be curious about how we see and

hear; why some things feel good and others hurt; how we

move; how we reason, learn, remember, and forget; the nature

of anger and madness"(Bear, Connors, Paradiso 3). This

quote, found in my neuroscience textbook, basically sums up

why we study and write about the brain. The brain has


continue writing about the brain and its mysteries to inform

brain deficit, was never completely lost. His spirit, which

comprehend, the ability to speak, hear. These patients,

physical ability; the ability to remember, the ability to

our working brains. Thus it is extremely important to

neurological deficits. His interest lies not in the disease

however, never lose their spiritual ability. Their ability



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