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Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks was a British-born neurologist and author renowned for his collections of neurological case histories, such as 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat' and 'Awakenings,' which explored the human brain through patient stories.[2][3][4] Born into a family of physicians in London, he earned his medical degree at Oxford, trained in the US and UK, and spent much of his career at Beth Abraham Hospital in the Bronx treating patients with rare neurological conditions.[1][2][3] He published memoirs like 'Uncle Tungsten' and 'On the Move' in his later years before his death from cancer in 2015.[2][5]

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