Castillo-Torres SA, Lees AJ

Language: English
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With experiences, a neurologist learns to recognise patients with nervous system impairment. The neurological mind’s eye has been opened. We see neurological signs and symptoms everywhere.
Slowly, the neurologist’s gaze widens to encompass and transcend the clinical picture. This widening of the aperture may occur for the first time while reading a book or while contemplating a painting or a sculpture. It has finally happened. The brain has recognized for the first time a diseased brain outside the clinical setting. Then the investigation begins. Has it been noted by someone else and published? In almost all cases, the answer is yes. But instead of a sense of disillusionment, a sense of wonder transports the noticer. To publish a phenomenon unrelated to basic or clinical science may not have crossed one’s mind, but again, once that door opens, it never closes. One just keeps looking for fascinating observations to report. Nevertheless, here is where issues arise.

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1. Burroughs WS. The Letters of William S. Burroughs. Volume II. Penguin Group; 2001; 429 p. ISBN13: 9780140094534