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Famed Neurologist Oliver Sacks on Fresh Air – Monday at 4pm

oliver sacks c elena seibertOn the next Fresh Air, Terry talks with Oliver Sacks, the famed neurologist and writer who died in 2015. He’ll talk about his work in asylums with victims of sleeping sickness. It was the subject of his first book, Awakenings. And he’ll talk about hallucinations and their causes including grief, medications and neurological disorders. A new documentary about Oliver Sacks will start streaming next week. Join us.

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(Photo: Oliver Sacks - Elena Seibert/Knopf)

 

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