Reaching Down The Rabbit Hole

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012015011220150113 (R4)Neurologist Dr Allan H Ropper and his co-writer Brian D Burrell take us behind the scenes at the Harvard Medical School's neurology unit.

Dr Ropper's case studies cover the unusual, sometimes bizarre, and often moving stories of life-changing injuries and illness - including the case of an epileptic.

'In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,' says Ropper, 'Alice jumps into a rabbit hole and finds herself in a bizarre realm where everything bears little relation to the outside world. It is a place where, as the Red Queen mentions to Alice, it helps to believe six impossible things before breakfast. I have no need to believe six impossible things before breakfast because I know that on any given day I will be confronted with six improbable things before lunch...'

Read by Colin Stinton

Written by Dr Allan H Ropper and Brian D Burrell.

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in January 2015.

Case studies of a neurologist by Dr Allan H Ropper and Brian D Burrell.

022015011320150114 (R4)With a case of Wernicke's aphasia - neurologist Dr Allan H Ropper and his co-writer Brian D Burrell take us behind the scenes at the Harvard Medical School's neurology unit.

'In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,' says Ropper, 'Alice jumps into a rabbit hole and finds herself in a bizarre realm where everything bears little relation to the outside world. It is a place where, as the Red Queen mentions to Alice, it helps to believe six impossible things before breakfast. I have no need to believe six impossible things before breakfast because I know that on any given day I will be confronted with six improbable things before lunch...'

Read by Colin Stinton

Written by Dr Allan H Ropper and Brian D Burrell

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in January 2015.

Case studies of a neurologist by Dr Allan H Ropper and Brian D Burrell.

032015011420150115 (R4)A look at transient global amnesia - as neurologist Dr Allan H Ropper and his co-writer Brian D Burrell take us behind the scenes at the Harvard Medical School's neurology unit.

'In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,' says Ropper, 'Alice jumps into a rabbit hole and finds herself in a bizarre realm where everything bears little relation to the outside world. It is a place where, as the Red Queen mentions to Alice, it helps to believe six impossible things before breakfast. I have no need to believe six impossible things before breakfast because I know that on any given day I will be confronted with six improbable things before lunch...'

Read by Colin Stinton

Written by Dr Allan H Ropper and Brian D Burrell

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in January 2015.

Case studies of a neurologist by Dr Allan H Ropper and Brian D Burrell.

042015011520150116 (R4)Looking at signs versus symptoms, neurologist Dr Allan H Ropper and his co-writer Brian D Burrell take us behind the scenes at the Harvard Medical School's neurology unit.

'In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,' says Ropper, 'Alice jumps into a rabbit hole and finds herself in a bizarre realm where everything bears little relation to the outside world. It is a place where, as the Red Queen mentions to Alice, it helps to believe six impossible things before breakfast. I have no need to believe six impossible things before breakfast because I know that on any given day I will be confronted with six improbable things before lunch...'

Read by Colin Stinton

Written by Dr Allan H Ropper and Brian D Burrell

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in January 2015.

Case studies of a neurologist by Dr Allan H Ropper and Brian D Burrell.

05 LAST2015011620150117 (R4)Emphasising the importance of neurology - Dr Allan H Ropper and his co-writer Brian D Burrell conclude their behind the scenes look at the Harvard Medical School's neurology unit.

'In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,' says Ropper, 'Alice jumps into a rabbit hole and finds herself in a bizarre realm where everything bears little relation to the outside world. It is a place where, as the Red Queen mentions to Alice, it helps to believe six impossible things before breakfast. I have no need to believe six impossible things before breakfast because I know that on any given day I will be confronted with six improbable things before lunch...'

Concluded by Colin Stinton.

Written by Dr Allan H Ropper and Brian D Burrell

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in January 2015.

Case studies of a neurologist by Dr Allan H Ropper and Brian D Burrell.