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Horizon, Season 34, Episode 5, The Man Who Lost His Body
directed by Chris Rawlence, fl. 1990; presented by David McNeill, fl. 1990, Jonathan Cole, fl. 1990 and Bal Athwal, fl. 1990; with Herbert Schaumburg, fl. 1990 and Richard Frackowiak, 1950-; produced by Emma Chrichton-Miller, fl. 2000, Rosetta Pictures, in Horizon, Season 34, Episode 5 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1997), 51 mins
25 years ago, Ian Waterman caught a virus that destroyed half his nervous system. He was left like a rag doll, with no sense of touch below the neck, and no idea of where his limbs were unless he could see them. The doctors told him that he would never walk, feed himself, or dress himself again. Yet against all th...
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directed by Chris Rawlence, fl. 1990; presented by David McNeill, fl. 1990, Jonathan Cole, fl. 1990 and Bal Athwal, fl. 1990; with Herbert Schaumburg, fl. 1990 and Richard Frackowiak, 1950-; produced by Emma Chrichton-Miller, fl. 2000, Rosetta Pictures, in Horizon, Season 34, Episode 5 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1997), 51 mins
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25 years ago, Ian Waterman caught a virus that destroyed half his nervous system. He was left like a rag doll, with no sense of touch below the neck, and no idea of where his limbs were unless he could see them. The doctors told him that he would never walk, feed himself, or dress himself again. Yet against all the odds, he has made an apparently miraculous recovery. How has he managed it? What does his story reveal about the extraordinary capaci...
25 years ago, Ian Waterman caught a virus that destroyed half his nervous system. He was left like a rag doll, with no sense of touch below the neck, and no idea of where his limbs were unless he could see them. The doctors told him that he would never walk, feed himself, or dress himself again. Yet against all the odds, he has made an apparently miraculous recovery. How has he managed it? What does his story reveal about the extraordinary capacities of the human brain?
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Field of Study
Psychology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Emma Chrichton-Miller, fl. 2000, Rosetta Pictures
Author / Creator
Chris Rawlence, fl. 1990, Herbert Schaumburg, fl. 1990, Richard Frackowiak, 1950-, David McNeill, fl. 1990, Jonathan Cole, fl. 1990, Bal Athwal, fl. 1990
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Horizon
Topic / Theme
Psychopathology, Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs, Cognitive neuroscience, Cognitive ability, Recovery, Psychotherapy
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1997 BBC Worldwide
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