Oliver Sacks and his legacy to vision science and ophthalmology

Oliver Sacks and his legacy to vision science and ophthalmology.

A little boy enchanted by chemistry and the periodic table elements, a motorcycle young man who crossed a continental country in so many directions, scuba diver and olympic weightlifter, an obsessive re searcher and a dedicated physician. These are some facets of a brilliant human being. Oliver Wolf Sacks was born in London in July 9, 1933, graduated in Medicine at Oxford University, England, s...

Questionable aspects of Oliver Sacks' (1985) report.

Oliver Sacks published an extremely influential book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat, in 1985. One of the most intriguing stories in it is concerned with savant syndrome, which refers to the exceptionally high abilities shown by otherwise handicapped individuals (e.g., autism). His story is cited in many journal articles as well as popular science books. To reiterate, he discovered that...

Oliver Goldsmith. His life and works

The legacy of Islamic world in modern medicine and science

The legacy of the Islamic world in medicine and natural science is the legacy of Greece, increased by many additions, mostly practical. Rhazes, the Iranian, was a talented clinical observer, but not a Harvey. Abd al-Latif, the Arab, was a diligent seeker in anatomy, but in no way to be compared to Vesalius. The Muslims possessed excellent translations of the works of the Hippocratic Corpus and ...

The legacy of Islamic world in modern medicine and science

The legacy of the Islamic world in medicine and natural science is the legacy of Greece, increased by many additions, mostly practical. Rhazes, the Iranian, was a talented clinical observer, but not a Harvey. Abd al-Latif, the Arab, was a diligent seeker in anatomy, but in no way to be compared to Vesalius. The Muslims possessed excellent translations of the works of the Hippocratic Corpus and ...