Picador, London, 1995. New Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Small Octavo. 338 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book has been read and it may have some creases but is sound overall. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. This revised edition of Oliver Sacks's book is considerably expanded with additional case histories, new findings and practical information on treatment. In a new chapter, illustrated with startling colour paintings by migraine patients, Dr Sacks discusses similiarities among the visual hallucinations, or auras, that often precede a migraine and those that are induced by hallucinogenic drugs or deliria. Drawing on recent advances in chaos theory and neural stimulation, he describes these "hallucinatory constants" and what they reveal about the working of the brain. This is a comprehensive view of one of mankind's complex disorders. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Science & Technology; Biology; United States; 1990s; Medicine & Health. ISBN: 0330331868. ISBN/EAN: 9780330331869. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10256. . 9780330331869

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Oliver Sacks is the author of Awakenings , The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat , and many other books, for which he has received numerous awards, including the Hawthornden Prize, a Polk Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and lives in New York City, where he is a practicing neurologist. He recently accepted a new position at Columbia University.

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Bookseller: Great Southern Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 10256
Title: Migraine : Revised and Expanded
Author: Sacks, Oliver
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: New Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0330331868
ISBN 13: 9780330331869
Publisher: Picador
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1995
Keywords: BZDB137 oliver sacks, illness, disorder, biology, medical, headache, hallucinations, science, neurology, Science & Technology; Biology; United States; 1990s; Medicine & Health. Unbranded ISBN: 0330331868 EAN: 9780330331869 Sacks, Oliver Migrain

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