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Brain of Patient H.M. Being Sliced, Streamed Live
buswolley writes "The slicing of the brain of the famous amnesic patient H.M. into giant histological sections is now in full swing, and is being streamed live. The brain specimen is frozen and sectioned whole during one continuous session that is expected to last approximately 30 hours."
It is working for me. This is pretty awesome looking
And to think, I'm sitting here watching Young Frankenstein on AMC. Good show.
I cannot find the article that goes over it, but I recall reading about him some time ago. During the interview he was quite aware of his condition, after all he remembers everything that happened prior to his surgery to help control his seizures. He basically said that he wanted to help the doctors better understand his condition in any way that could be beneficial because that information could help other people. Wish I could find the article, as I do believe he had enough understanding and did give permission.
If you want a movie of successive MRI layers, you can check out this animated GIF of an MRI scan of my own head (sagittal plane).
For a second I thought this would be about some cruel and unusual punishment in a third-world country.
I bet the MAFIAA would have hated this guy. Every day he could listen to the same song or watch the same movie, never paying them more then the one-time cost to purchase it. Imagine the laws they would have crafted to deal with people like him who rob them of all that profit!