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REACHING DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE ALSO BY DR. ALLAN H. ROPPER Principles of Neurology ALSO BY B. D. BURRELL The Words We Live By Postcards from the Brain Museum First published in hardback in the United States of America in 2014 by St. Martin’s Press, LLC. First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Atlantic Books, an imprint of Atlantic Books Ltd. Copyright © Dr. Allan H. Ropper and Brian David Burrell, 2014 The moral right of Dr. Allan H. Ropper and Brian David Burrell to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Hardback ISBN: 978 1 782 39547 8 Trade Paperback ISBN: 978 1 782 39548 5 EBook ISBN: 978 1 782 39549 2 Printed in Great Britain Designed by Kathryn Parise Atlantic Books An Imprint of Atlantic Books Ltd Ormond House 26–27 Boswell Street London WC1N 3JZ www.atlantic-books.co.uk CONTENTS Introduction: The Queen What neurologists do 1. Six Improbable Things Before Breakfast Arrivals, departures, and delays on the ward 2. Like a Hole in the Head Where baseball and neurology converge in a game-saving, over-the- shoulder catch 3. The State of Confusion Two characters in search of a neurologist 4. My Man Godfrey A poor sort of memory that only works backwards 5. What Seems to Be the Problem? A politically incorrect guide to malingering, shamming, and hysteria 6. Do No Harm A walking time bomb tests the limits of good sense 7. A Story Is Worth a Thousand Pictures Nine songs of innocence and experience 8. Endgame Facing down Lou Gehrig’s disease 9. The Examined Life What it takes to survive a motor-neuron death sentence 10. The Curse of the Werewolf On the front lines in the battle against Dr. Parkinson’s disease 11. For the Want of a Nail A hard-knock lesson on the way to the morgue 12. The Eyes Have It When is somebody not dead yet? 13. Boats Against the Current Based on a true story Acknowledgments REACHING DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE INTRODUCTION:

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