The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat 2014
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Jennifer Curtin Pd. 1
Part One – Losses
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Dr. P is a teacher at a School for Music who had trouble recognizing his students. He couldn’t recognize them by looking at them, but only by hearing their voice. He also saw faces when there weren’t any, like in fire hydrants and knobs on furniture. He didn’t think anything was wrong, until he developed diabetes, so he went to see a doctor. When he first talked to a neurologist, the neurologist noticed that he fixated on certain features of his face and faced him with his ears instead of his eyes. Through examination Dr. P mistook his wife for a hat, couldn’t identify people and couldn’t see pictures as a whole. He could only complete activities while singing to keep his mind on track.
The Lost Mariner: Jimmy G. is a healthy 49 year-old man whose memory stops after
1945. He is very smart and can solve puzzles, but can’t remember the present for more than a few seconds. When shown a picture of the moon landing he is surprised and wonders how they could get a camera up there. His condition is called Korsakov’s syndrome, caused from drinking alcohol, which leads to the damaging of mammillary bodies.
The Disembodied Lady: Before having surgery done, Christina received routine antibiotics. The day after she couldn’t feel her body, was very unsteady on her feet, and had flailing movements. Doctors told her she lost all proprioception (sixth sense), feeling your body as proper to you. So to compensate, Christina used her vision and had to concentrate harder during every day activities. Although she could go on with life, she will never be able to have a sense of her body.
The Man Who Fell out of Bed: A man would wake up, lying on the floor, because he said that someone put a severed human leg in his bed. He said that as he tried to throw it out of the bed he would go with it. He lost proprioception in his leg and even if doctors tried to
Part One – Losses
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Dr. P is a teacher at a School for Music who had trouble recognizing his students. He couldn’t recognize them by looking at them, but only by hearing their voice. He also saw faces when there weren’t any, like in fire hydrants and knobs on furniture. He didn’t think anything was wrong, until he developed diabetes, so he went to see a doctor. When he first talked to a neurologist, the neurologist noticed that he fixated on certain features of his face and faced him with his ears instead of his eyes. Through examination Dr. P mistook his wife for a hat, couldn’t identify people and couldn’t see pictures as a whole. He could only complete activities while singing to keep his mind on track.
The Lost Mariner: Jimmy G. is a healthy 49 year-old man whose memory stops after
1945. He is very smart and can solve puzzles, but can’t remember the present for more than a few seconds. When shown a picture of the moon landing he is surprised and wonders how they could get a camera up there. His condition is called Korsakov’s syndrome, caused from drinking alcohol, which leads to the damaging of mammillary bodies.
The Disembodied Lady: Before having surgery done, Christina received routine antibiotics. The day after she couldn’t feel her body, was very unsteady on her feet, and had flailing movements. Doctors told her she lost all proprioception (sixth sense), feeling your body as proper to you. So to compensate, Christina used her vision and had to concentrate harder during every day activities. Although she could go on with life, she will never be able to have a sense of her body.
The Man Who Fell out of Bed: A man would wake up, lying on the floor, because he said that someone put a severed human leg in his bed. He said that as he tried to throw it out of the bed he would go with it. He lost proprioception in his leg and even if doctors tried to