He considered himself as a “browser” and devoted his life to exploring the mysteries and disorders of the mind: Oliver Sacks, the British neurologist who died in New York, was, most of all, a curious man.
82, Sacks died victim of a cancerous tumor in the eye that has metastasized. Your personal assistant, Kate Edgar, confirmed its death in his home in New York, the city where he had taken up residence for five decades.
As noted by The New York Times today, in 1984 said it looked like “a naturalist or a browser “. “I’ve explored many strange neurological lands, the far Arctic and Tropics of neurological disorders,” he said.
Sacks, professor of neurology at the Medical School of New York University, formed part of an elite club of scientists whose discoveries have known permeate more general audiences.
His works have scientific explanations revealed hitherto unknown in the origin of hallucinations for example, and both his essays and books have a great help to the average American.
And that Sacks was able to combine the exploration of the mind to the world of literature.
Only in America, has sold a million books, including “Awakenings” (“Awakenings”, 1973), which inspired a movie, “The man who mistook His Wife for a Hat” (“The man who mistook His Wife for a Hat “, 1985), which inspired an opera.
On its website, the famous neurologist appears mounted on a classic BMW, young, reflecting one of his many hobbies. P articipó in weightlifting competitions and was part of a biker group “Hell’s Angels”.
Right there, a follower of New Jersey, commenting the news about his cancer, says Sacks is one of the few doctors who have known medical histories.
Another person, from Venezuela, highlighted its quality so that people interested in the human being from a “perspective so fascinating.”
Although it was born July 9, 1933 in London, the son of a Jewish family of doctors and scientists, and graduated in medicine at Queen’s College, Oxford, said professionally in the United States , where he arrived in 1960.
First worked in a hospital in San Francisco, then in Los Angeles and since 1965 remained in New York.
“You’ve always been a wanderer (. ..). You seem to have a strange adventure after another. I wonder if someday you find your destiny, “he told an aunt when he visited Sacks in a hospital after a fall on a mountain in Norway.
Melómano convinced (“Musicophilia” is one of his last works), Sacks, in his curriculum vitae official records that between 2007 and 2012 was “artist” at the University of Columbia, New York, where he also taught neurology and psychiatry.
His list of awards and honors is long, and accumulated many medals and awards. have, the scientist has to an asteroid, the 84928, named oliversacks in 2008 to reward their work.
gave many insights into diseases such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s, epilepsy and hallucinations. was active until recently, not only with medical trials, but also pages of his life and his ideas.
Two weeks ago he published an article in The New York Times, titled “Sabbath”, which explains its relationship with religion and Judaism his family, and how he lives the sacred day of rest for the Jews.
“I find my thoughts drifting Saturday, the Sabbath, the seventh of the week, and maybe the seventh day of my life, “said the end of that article, in a kind of early departure.
” When you can feel that the work of self is finished, and can, in good conscience, relax ” he added.
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