The Resource Patient H69 : the story of my second sight, Vanessa Potter
Patient H69 : the story of my second sight, Vanessa Potter
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The item Patient H69 : the story of my second sight, Vanessa Potter represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Stirling Library Services.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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The item Patient H69 : the story of my second sight, Vanessa Potter represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Stirling Library Services.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- In 2012, Vanessa Potter, a married advertising film producer with two young children, was stricken by Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD), a rare illness that resulted in sudden blindness and paralysis. She was hospitalized for two weeks. Over the next five months at home, she regained mobility but recovering her sight was more problematic. At first what she saw was monochromatic. As color reappeared, she encountered synesthesia (experiencing odd responses to stimuli, such as hearing inanimate objects talk to her). While a multidisciplinary team of neurobiologists, psychologists, immunologists, and developmental biologists treated her, she blogged and kept audio-diaries, using the pen-name Patient H69. In her own words, Potter reveals the terror and torment of her blindness. Supported by neuroscientists and Britain's National Health Service, Potter became a science sleuth, uncovering some of the innermost functions of the brain and our complex visual system, while learning meditation and self-hypnosis to help herself endure the ordeal and make a miraculous recovery
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781472936110
- Label
- Patient H69 : the story of my second sight
- Title
- Patient H69
- Title remainder
- the story of my second sight
- Statement of responsibility
- Vanessa Potter
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 2012, Vanessa Potter, a married advertising film producer with two young children, was stricken by Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD), a rare illness that resulted in sudden blindness and paralysis. She was hospitalized for two weeks. Over the next five months at home, she regained mobility but recovering her sight was more problematic. At first what she saw was monochromatic. As color reappeared, she encountered synesthesia (experiencing odd responses to stimuli, such as hearing inanimate objects talk to her). While a multidisciplinary team of neurobiologists, psychologists, immunologists, and developmental biologists treated her, she blogged and kept audio-diaries, using the pen-name Patient H69. In her own words, Potter reveals the terror and torment of her blindness. Supported by neuroscientists and Britain's National Health Service, Potter became a science sleuth, uncovering some of the innermost functions of the brain and our complex visual system, while learning meditation and self-hypnosis to help herself endure the ordeal and make a miraculous recovery
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Potter, Vanessa
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Potter, Vanessa
- Life change events
- Blind women
- Neurosciences
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Patient H69 : the story of my second sight, Vanessa Potter
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- p225994136
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781472936110
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly colour)
- Label
- Patient H69 : the story of my second sight, Vanessa Potter
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- p225994136
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781472936110
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly colour)
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