Shattered Nerves How Science Is Solving Modern Medicine's Most Perplexing Problem

Name: Shattered Nerves How Science Is Solving Modern Medicine's Most Perplexing Problem
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ISBN: 9780801885143

ISBN-10: 0801885140

ISBN-13: 9780801885143

Edition: 2007

Authors: Victor D. Chase

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Once the stuff of science fiction, neural prosthetics are now a reality. Research and technology are creating implants that enable the deaf to hear, the blind to see, and the paralyzed to move. Shattered Nerves takes us on a journey into a new medical frontier, where sophisticated, state-of-the-art medical devices repair and restore failed sensory and motor systems. In a compelling narrative that reveals the intimate relationship between technology and the physicians, scientists, and patients who bring it to life, Victor D. Chase explores groundbreaking developments in neural technology. Through personal interviews and extensive research, Chase introduces us to the people and devices…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 11/24/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 312
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Learning to Listen All Ouer Again



The Body Electric



Of Frogs' Legs and Transistors



The Grandfather of Neural Prostheses



Accidental Pioneers



Giving a Hand



Looking Back at an Empty Wheelchair



The Dirty Little Secret



Sound in the Brain



In the Eye of the Beholder



Nerves of Platinum and Iridium



Pins and Needles in the Brain



From the Inside Out



Reaching the Depth of Depression



A Hole in the Center of the Brain



Ethics



Biomimetic and Superhuman


Selected Bibliography


Index