The island of the colorblind and Cycad Island / by Oliver Sacks.
By: Sacks, Oliver W.
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BookPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997Edition: 1st ed.Description: xv, 298 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0679451145.Other title: Cycad Island | Island of the colorblind [Cover title].Subject(s): Color blindness -- Caroline Islands | Parkinsonism -- Guam | Dementia -- Guam | Medical anthropology -- Oceania | Color blindness | Parkinsonism | Dementia | AnthropologyDDC classification: 617.7/59/09966 Summary: The author, a neurologist, tells of his journey to Pingelap where he went to observe a community of islanders born with hereditary total colorblindness, and a subsequent visit to Guam where he went to investigate a fatal neurodegenerative disorder that has been plaguing people for over a century.
Maps on endpapers.
Cover title: Island of the colorblind.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-280) and index.
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The author, a neurologist, tells of his journey to Pingelap where he went to observe a community of islanders born with hereditary total colorblindness, and a subsequent visit to Guam where he went to investigate a fatal neurodegenerative disorder that has been plaguing people for over a century.
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