One of his books is about giving L-DOPA to survivors of the 1920s sleeping sickness epidemic and was adapted into a Robin Williams film.
In one late work by this author, he declared, "Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege". Photographs of him swimming in Iceland taken by his partner Bill Hayes are included in his collection, Gratitude. He wrote of a music teacher who, "Magoo-like… might pat the heads of… parking meters, taking these to be heads of children". In a Times editorial, he described how "Now I am face to face with (*)) dying… this particular sort of cancer cannot be halted". One of his books is about giving L-DOPA to survivors of the 1920s sleeping sickness epidemic and was adapted into a Robin Williams film. In one of his case studies, Dr. P tries to lift the head off of his spouse to put it on his own head. For 10 points, name this recently deceased neurologist, the author of "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" and Awakenings.
In one late work by this author, he declared, "Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege".
Oliver Sacks