A girl believes she has been struck blind for stealing a kiss. A mother watches helplessly as each of her children i s replaced by a changeling. A woman is haunted each month by the same four chords of a single song. In neurology\, illness is inextricably linked wi th narrative\, the clues to unraveling these mysteries hidden in both the details of a patient's story and the tells of their body.
\nStories are etched into the very structure of our brains\, coded so deeply that th e impulse for storytelling survives and even surges after the most devasta ting injuries. But our brains are also porous&mdash\;the stories they conc oct are shaped by cultural narratives about bodies and illness that permea te the minds of doctors and patients alike. In the history of medicine\, s ome stories are heard\, while others&mdash\;the narratives of women\, of B lack and brown people\, of displaced people\, of disempowered people&mdash \;are too often dismissed.
\nIn \;The Mind Electric\, neurologis t Pria Anand reveals&mdash\;through case study\, history\, fable\, and mem oir&mdash\;all that the medical establishment has overlooked: the complexi ty and wonder of brains in health and in extremis\, and the vast gray area between sanity and insanity\, doctor and patient\, and illness and wellne ss\, each separated from the next by the thin veneer of a different story.
\nMoving from the Boston hospital where she treats her patients\, t o her childhood years in India\, to Isla Providencia in the Caribbean and to the Republic of Guinea in West Africa\, she demonstrates again and agai n the compelling paradox at the heart of neurology: that even the most pec uliar symptoms can show us something universal about ourselves as humans. Register now to join this intriguing virtual conversation!
\nAbout t he Author: Pria Anand is a neurologist at the Boston Medical Center and an Assistant Professor at the Boston University School of Medicine. She is a graduate of Yale University and Stanford Medical School\, and she trained in neurology\, neuro-infectious diseases\, and neuroimmunology at the Joh ns Hopkins Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital.
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