Brain Surgeon Book Report

The nineteenth century saw an explosion in knowledge regarding the brain unlike any before. For centuries, the brain had been considered the seat of human intelligence. However, the brain of the classics was a singular organ of

The author constantly used short stories and visual description to get her thought across, entertain, and inform the reader. She told not only stories about medical findings but also about how the medical field works in general. One of the stories that stood out the most was the one about the socratic lectures that senior doctors would have with doctors-in-training to help them get a better understanding of treating real patients. She compared it to how medical school is now, filled with lectures and powerpoints of past patients, whereas back fifty years ago they had a more hands on experience. She wrote it in a way that was funny, comparing how “back in the day” you could actually look at a patient’s illness and now you have to see a slideshow of pictures and use that information to diagnose them, along with medical

Over the years, brain surgery has evolved substantially. Looking into multiple types of surgery, surgery is able to be quite unusual. Humans will cut into each other a lot of times in order to get rid of deadly disease and even just to remove excess body fat. The reality that we do not marvel about these on a daily basis shows how advanced surgery has grown over the years. Surgery is a safer and more reliable tool including a necessary component of health care. Previously, the surgeries themselves were brutal from lack of understandings toward anesthesia and none of the tools accessible today with operations forced and traumatic. With the present tools through surgery, brain surgery has changed greatly. This article chosen was aligning with

In Lifesaving FAQs of How Food Reversed My Brain Damage, Chef M. Norman walks his readers through not only his extensive research of the brain but also his courageous journey to save his damaged brain after being attacked while working the late shift. His story of hope, written from the questions he has been asked most about his miraculous recovery, details how he applied his timely research

The first part of his novel discusses patients who have experienced some form of loss. He begins with a story about Dr. P, who was a musician and visits Dr. Sacks. However, Dr. P is unaware of his illness. He claims that people thinks there is something

Doctors work as hard as they can. Some patients are beyond treatment. Some just don't know how to get better. This can lead to many therapy sessions, surgeries, physical therapy, or medication. Both Richard Baer and Michael Paul Mason discuss stories of downfalls and uphill battles. Some patients, like Richard Baer's Karen, will get better. Others, like most in Michael Paul Mason's novel will live drastically different lives. All of them, would have gone through extensive emotional and physical pain, and they all fought a hard

On the eight of December, “I was brutally introduced to the importance of the brain stem when a cerebrovascular accident took

Brain surgery is a type of surgery that is related to the brain. Brain surgery could be used for taking out tumors. It can also be used for taking out blood clots in the brain. For brain surgeries the surgeon that is doing it needs to have a lot of patience, and needs to be very precise. Even though every surgeon has to have patience and precision, when

Neuroplasty is The ability of the brain to adapt, to create workarounds and short cuts to make up for missing or damaged portions of the brain. It is amazing how the brain can grow new networks and nueral connections till the day we die. Our little brain cells oe neurons compensate for or imjuries ,diseases or birth defects. OUr brain adapts for and redesigns its self to accomplish normal tasks, Sometime by retraining but sometimes just natural. Our brain is more less plastic. So our brains are capable of re-engineering themselves. However there are limites based on the amount of damage and which parts are damaged, But overall our brains are pretty hardy.(MedicineNet.n.d.).

The human brain is utterly baffling. A small organ weighing merely three pounds as an adult has the ability to control and shape a human’s life. Without it there would be nothing. There are so many different functions… and with that there are so many things that can go horribly wrong. It is amazing the capacities and that it possesses and we do not even realize it. That is why studying neurology and working on the treatment of neurological disorders is so critically important. Through the examination of Huntington’s disease, Bell’s Palsy, and Aphasia, neurologists can work to better the human mind and cure the diseases that attack it, which will infinitely enhance the lives of humans and create a brighter future for us all.

While shipping through the different seas of the human body, Gavin Frances is the captain maneuvering the readers to body destinations, introducing them to its wonders and marvels. Gavin Frances a Scottish writer and a doctor that is currently working as a general practitioner in Edinburgh. His curiosity and passion for experiencing new things made him travel to the seven continents (Birlinn, n.d). In addition to that, he is an award-winning author who wrote three books, among of them is the Adventures in Human Being, in which he provides explanations of the body parts from the brain to the toes while incorporating them with some anecdotes from his years as a medical student and a GP in an imaginative way, away from the dull scientific terms and details. In Adventures in Human Being, there were many bizarre cases that caught my attention, some of them were the facial paralysis and the cataracts and its effect on the eyes.

Historians speculate that even during 7000 B.C.E ,in what is now modern day france, successful brain surgeries took place (Siegfired). Ancient neurosurgery was performed for religious purposes, to treat seizures, spinal injuries, and head injuries(Siegfried). Presently, we use Neurosurgery for a large variety of applications such as treating psychiatric conditions, seizures, spinal injuries, and head injuries, similar to Ancient neurosurgery (Mendelsohn). Although one can argue neurosurgery has fundamentally stayed the same, the methods, procedures, and tools for Neurosurgery have changed drastically . Neurosurgeons now have more advanced technology and tools, a better understanding of the brain, a top-tier

In a short-lived narrative, this is how I learned about IONM: I am currently working as an Uber partner (driver) and I picked Up Christ Kisner (Vice President) from the airport to the hotel. Nonetheless, she was super friendly, and we exchanged stories and I told her that I finished college and searching for a career. Furthermore, she asked, if I know what is a surgical neurophysiologist. I did not know, and she few second later she explained the career and what it entails. Unfortunately, we arrived at the hotel and she gave me her business card and encouraged me see if a position is available. That was it.

Jocelyne Bloch presented the TED Talk “The brain may be able to repair itself -- with help”. It is about the story of Bloch’s discovery of a potential way to repair the brain after being damaged. The main point of this talk is to inform the audience and share the story of how she was able to find a way to repair the brain due to brain damage to achieve the neurosurgeon’s dream of finally being able to repair the brain.

Neurology and Neurosurgery Neurology Overview Although our primary interest is with the Medial Temporal Lobe, also called the V5 area, a discussion of the entire motion perception pathway is instructive. Motion perception actually begins with the specialized visual receptors in the retina known as M-cells (from the Latin word magnus, for large). As the name implies, the M-cells are relatively large, located in the peripheral retina, and respond quickly to transient visual stimulation making them ideally suited for motion detection. By contrast, P-cells are smaller, located in the fovea, react more slowly to stimuli, and are suited to fine-detail vision.