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BookedBeyondMeasure
When Breath Becomes Air | Paul Kalanithi
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Loved it!

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ElizaMarie
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Wow, it was so interesting! Thank you, @catiewithac, for sending this to me. It's funny because the topic of rabies came up at work the other day, and my coworkers thought it was strange how familiar I seemed with the disease. 😁

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2d
ShelleyBooksie That face 😍♥️ 2d
ShelleyBooksie It's a great book! 2d
ElizaMarie @ShelleyBooksie Ha yes! She looks so annoyed with me! (Normally she is) 2d
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rwmg
A Leg to Stand On | Oliver Sacks
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The author's memoir of how he broke his leg mountain climbing and his recovery. Because of neurological damage he couldn't recognise the leg as part of his own body and had to re-integrate it into his mental body image. He was able to use that experience to help him treat patients with neuropsychological problems by emphasising the need to listen to patients' accounts of their experiences rather than simply fixing the physical problem. ⬇

rwmg The first edition used Kantian metaphysics as an explanatory tool (and I admit I struggled to understand this section) but he backtracked on this rather in later editions as scientific knowledge has progressed thanks to the availability of more modern equipment. 1w
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A Leg to Stand On | Oliver Sacks
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TheEllieMo
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My planned reads for April:

Online book club: Being Mortal
IRL book club: The Cloisters
Kindle TBR: Lullaby
Physical TBR: The Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller
New: The Excitements

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A Leg to Stand On | Oliver Sacks
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Saturday the 24th started overcast and sullen, but there was promise of fine weather later in the day.

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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A Leg to Stand On | Oliver Sacks
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Megabooks
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Comen, a breast cancer specialist, tells the history of women‘s treatment in medicine and how the study of our different needs was often overlooked and breakthroughs were often in short supply. She takes a body system approach working through integumentary, musculoskeletal, reproductive, and more. The audio is fantastic!

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Smarkies
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Really liked "seeing into" the life of a neurosurgeon. Henry Marsh is aware of disasters and the triumphs in a neurosurgeons life and he reflects on how he has changed through his time in the profession.
Loved the wry humour in the essays.
#roll100
#24in2024

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ElizaMarie
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@catiewithac starting this one during my infusion 💉Its already gripping me in 🐺

thanks again for your kindness and friendship :)