Reaching down the rabbit hole : a renowned neurologist explains the mystery and drama of brain disease / Dr. Allan H. Ropper and Brian David Burrell.

The queen : what neurologists do -- Six improbable things before breakfast : arrivals, departures, and delays on the ward -- Like a hole in the head : where baseball and neurology converge in a game-saving, over-the-shoulder catch -- The state of confusion : two characters in search of a neurologist -- My man Godfrey : a poor sort of memory that only works backwards -- What seems to be the problem? : a politically incorrect guide to malingering, shamming, and hysteria -- Do no harm : a walking time bomb tests the limits of good sense -- A story is worth a thousand pictures : nine songs of innocence and experience -- Endgame : facing down Lou Gehrig's disease -- The examined life : what it takes to survive a motor-neuron death sentence -- The curse of the werewolf : on the front lines in the battle against Dr. Parkinson's disease -- For the want of a nail : a hard-knock lesson on the way to the morgue -- The eyes have it : when is somebody not dead yet? -- Boats against the current : based on a true story.

In this book, Dr. Allan Ropper and Brian Burrell take the reader behind the scenes at Harvard Medical School's neurology unit to show how a seasoned diagnostician faces down bizarre, life-altering afflictions.