Oliver Sachs paub thoob plaws ntiaj teb raws li tus kws kho mob hlwb thiab neuropsychologist, kws sau ntawv thiab nrov ntawm cov tshuaj. Nws tau dhau los ua cov neeg txuas ntxiv ntawm cov ntawv nyeem ntawm cov ntawv hu ua "cov ntawv sau tshawb fawb" thiab tau sau ntau phau ntawv nrog cov dab neeg ntawm nws cov neeg mob: schizophrenics, autists, epileptics.
Biography
Tus kws kho mob hlwb yav tom ntej tau yug hauv London, xyoo 1933, rau tsev neeg Yudais. Nws txiv tuaj ntawm tebchaws Lithuania, thiab nws niam tuaj ntawm Belarus. Cov niam txiv yog kws kho mob, thiab Oliver ua raws lawv tus hneev taw. Ntawm nws cov txheeb ze nws muaj cov neeg sawv cev: cov nom tswv, cov neeg ua yeeb yam, ua lej.
Sachs kuj dhau los ua neeg nto moo tsis yog hauv kev saib xyuas neuropsychology nkaus xwb - nws phau ntawv hais txog cov neeg mob ntawm chaw kho mob tau muab txhais ua 20 yam lus.
Oliver tau txais qhov kev kawm tseem ceeb - nws kawm tiav los ntawm Oxford. Nws tseem tsis tau paub dab tsi ua rau nws dhau los ua tus kws kho paj hlwb, tab sis twb tau nyob rau xyoo 1965 nws tau pib ua haujlwm hauv New York ua ib tus kws tshaj lij.
Ib xyoos tom qab, nws pib ua haujlwm hauv Bronx, ntawm lub tsev kho mob Beth Abraham, uas nws tau ntsib thawj cov cim ntawm nws phau ntawv yav tom ntej. Cov no yog cov neeg mob uas tau txav mus los tau ntau xyoo. Tus kws kho mob siab tawv hluas txiav txim siab los ua ib qho kev sim thiab kho cov neeg mob no nrog kev sim tshuaj L-dopa. Ntau tus neeg mob tau txais mus rau lawv ko taw, yog li ntawd lawv tom qab los ua tus neeg tiv thaiv phau ntawv Sachs phau The Awakened. Phau ntawv tau muab txhais ua Lavxias.
Sachs 'phau ntawv
Hauv tag nrho nws phau ntawv, Oliver piav qhia cov dab neeg ntawm nws cov neeg mob - seb lawv tau mob li cas, kho li cas thiab muaj txiaj ntsig dab tsi ntawm kev cuam tshuam kev kho mob. Txawm li cas los xij, tsis muaj ntau yam tshuaj ntshiab hauv nws cov ntawv qhia kev ua haujlwm, tab sis muaj ntau qhov nthuav qhia txog cov kev paub ntawm cov neeg yuam kom nyob nrog cov mob uas tsis tuaj yeem lossis mob tsis nco qab: Parkinsonism, autism syndrome, epilepsy, schizophrenia.
Hauv 2007, Sachs tau pauv mus rau Columbia University hauv Department of Neurology. Nyob ib ncig ntawm lub sijhawm no, nws yog ib tug ntawm pab pawg kws tshawb fawb uas tau tawm lus tawm tsam kev tsim txom ntawm Guantanamo hauv tsev loj cuj, uas cov neeg raug kaw tshwj xeeb ua lim hiam.
Nws lwm phau ntawv tau mob siab rau cov lag ntseg thiab cov neeg ruam uas txuas lus siv cov tes taw. Thiab tseem paub txog nws cov haujlwm "Anthropologist ntawm Mars", "Ib txhais ko taw tau sawv" thiab "Tus txiv neej uas ua tsis ncaj rau nws tus poj niam rau ib lub kaus mom." Nws phau ntawv kawg hu ua Musicophilia: Tales of Music thiab Lub Hlwb.
Sachs tau sib txuas lus thiab sib tham txog nws lub tswv yim nrog lwm tus kws tshawb fawb - tshwj xeeb, nws tau sau ntau yam rau Soviet neuropsychologist A. R. Lurie, thiab tseem muab cov piv txwv ntawm nws cov kev sim hauv nws phau ntawv.
Tus kws kho mob hlwb (neuropsychologist) kuj tseem muaj kev tsim lub neej tsis xws luag: Uncle Wolfram: Memories of Chemical Adrenalcence, uas tau luam tawm xyoo 2001.
Hauv 2015, nws tau paub tias Sachs tau kuaj pom tias muaj mob qog nqaij hlav tsis tuaj yeem. Raws li tus kws tshawb fawb muaj tseeb, nws tau hais txog qhov no hauv ib tsab xov xwm, piav qhia txog nws tus mob thiab ua tsaug rau lub neej rau txhua yam nws tau muab rau nws, hu nws "txoj cai tsim nyog thiab kev taug txuj kev nyuaj."
Tus kheej lub neej
Los ntawm nws cov hluas, Sachs nrhiav tau hom kev xav ntawm homosexual. Txawm li cas los xij, nws niam nws txiv tau tawm tsam rau nws txoj kev nyiam sib deev uas ua rau nws muaj kev nyuaj siab thiab nyob ib leeg tau ntau xyoo. Thaum nws ntsib tus kws tshaj tawm pej xeem Billy Hayes, nws pom tias nws yuav tsis nyob nws ib leeg. Lawv nyob ua ke tau rau xyoo, thiab Sachs tau sau rau hauv nws tsab ntawv farewell hais tias nws zoo siab hauv nws lub neej.
