Pride and a Daily Marathon

Jonathan Cole (Southampton University), Ian Waterman (Poole Hospital), Oliver Sacks

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MIT Press
11 July 1995

Biography: general; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Coping with illness; Coping with disability

Series: Pride and a Daily Marathon

At the age of 19, Ian Waterman was suddenly struck down at work by a rare neurological illness that deprived him of all sensation below the neck. He fell on the floor in a heap, unable to stand or control his limbs, having lost the sense of joint position and proprioception, of that ""sixth sense"" of his body in space, which we all take for granted. After months in a neurological ward he was judged incurable and condemned to a life of wheelchair dependence. This is the first U.S. publication of a remarkable book by his physician, Jonathan Cole. It tells the compelling story, including a clear clinical description of a rare condition, of how Waterman reclaimed a life of full mobility against all expectations, by mental effort and sheer courage. Cole describes how Waterman gradually adapted to his strange condition. As the doctors had predicted, there was no neurological recovery. He had to monitor every movement by sight to work out where his limbs were, since he had no feedback from his peripheral nerves. But with astonishing persistence Waterman developed elaborate tricks and strategies to control his movements, enabling him to cope not only with the day-to-day problems of living, but even with the challenges of work, love, and marriage.

By: Jonathan Cole (Southampton University), Ian Waterman (Poole Hospital)
Foreword by: Oliver Sacks
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9780262531368
ISBN 10: 0262531364
Series: Pride and a Daily Marathon
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 11 July 1995
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ian the Third; gastric flu; the physiological loss; down; outward bound; sent to Coventry; skinning a cat; coming alive again; in the bleak midwinter; life's work; the physiology of cheating; senses and sensibilities; the 29th of February; the daily marathon.

Jonathan Cole, D.M., F.R.C.P., is Consultant in Clinical Neurophysiology, Poole Hospital, and at Salisbury Hospital (with its Spinal Centre), a Professor at Bournemouth University and a visiting Senior Lecturer, Southampton University. The late Oliver Sacks was a neurologist and the author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Awakenings, Musicophilia, and other books.

Reviews for Pride and a Daily Marathon

A story at once terrifying and inspiring. . . . It is a remarkable human document, a neurological epic. A case-history, a physiological investigation, a detective story and a romance. --Oliver Sacks