Brain errors. The neurologist talks about strange changes in human consciousness. H. Ropper A., ​​Barrell B.

The book contains real stories of patients of the neurological department, people whose lives have forever changed the disease. The disoriented elderly manager of a bowling club, lost on the way home. The former professional skater who has experienced several hemorrhages in the brain. A student who suddenly fell into psychosis, or a young man who does not experience any emotions. Each story is a unique case, and the task of the neurologist is not just to determine why the brain suddenly began to work incorrectly, but to see the personality of unusual symptoms. And to help a person whose consciousness wanders in a confusing maze finally get out of it.

In front of you is a book about the capabilities and knowledge of modern neurology, about difficult solutions and finding answers, about the path in the profession, about life and death.