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Author	Cole-Adams, Kate.
Title	Anesthesia : the gift of oblivion and the mystery of consciousness / Kate Cole-Adams.
Publication Info.	Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint Press, [2017]
	©2017

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 11	615.7 C	IN LIBRARY

Description	408 pages ; 24 cm
Contents	Into the blue -- Going under. Awake ; Denial ; Paralysis ; Two hearts -- The cold bosom of the ocean. Questions without answers ; Things you don't know you know ; Weird science ; Moonless nights ; Lost days ; The most famous anesthesiologist in the world -- Adrift. The island ; Dreams ; Altered states ; Ghost stories -- Small bright fish. General amnesia ; A working hypothesis ; The memory keepers ; The perfect anesthetic -- Merging currents. Coming apart ; The hypnotist ; Regression -- Surfacing. Pulsations and palpitations ; The shallows ; Blood and blushing ; Ballast ; That younger me ; Sky ; Letting go ; Wings.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject	Anesthesia -- Case studies.
	Consciousness -- Physiological aspects.
Added Author	New York Society Library. Book Committee. 2018. ZNS
Added Title	Gift of oblivion and the mystery of consciousness
ISBN	9781619029507 hardcover
	1619029502 hardcover

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