Oliver Sacks became known to the masses through the movie "Awakenings." In his 1985 book "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales," the late neurologist co-authored two dozen essays, including the title story, which tells of his own amazement at watching a skilled cultured man, Dr. P, describe one thing after the other as something completely different from what it was. Toward the end of their…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM on November 23, 2016