Every ninety seconds, someone is taken to hospital in the UK for a brain injury. From the woman who thought her arm was a baby, to the man who saw dolls staring at him in the dark, these are the remarkable stories of resilience and recovery behind these statistics.During his medical studies, Orlando Swain learned that the injured brain does not heal. But as a junior doctor, he began seeing patients for whom this was not true: people who were learning to talk again with loved ones, regaining their mobility, and even using a fork. Digging deeper into the emerging neuroscience of brain reorganization, he discovered the extraordinary ways in which the brain adapts after an injury, and how broken lives can be rebuilt.The book “ How to Use a Fork ” is irresistible to anyone who is curious about the mysteries of the brain, and it is a poignant and profound journey to the extreme of human experience that begs the question: What makes us who we are?
How to Use a Fork: Stories of Mending the Broken Brain
كيفية استخدام الشوكة: قصص إصلاح الدماغ المكسور
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Bibliographic Data
| Author | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | PicadorWebsite |
| Primary Category | Technologies and Sciences |
| Published | 2026 |
| Language | English (EN) |
| Pages | 320 pages |
| Edition | First |
| Dimensions | 15×23 |
| ISBN | 978-1035064335 |
| Translation | Not Translated |
About Orlando Swayne
Orlando Swain is a consultant neurologist, primarily working in neurological rehabilitation of acquired brain injuries, including stroke, but also with extensive experience in general neurology. He is a Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN), where he co-leads the Neurological Rehabilitation Unit, and is a member of the Department of Brain Repair and Rehabilitation at the Institute of Neurology, University of London (UCL). He also works at Northwick Park Hospital and Wellington Hospital.…
