“The man who mistook his wife for a hat and other clinical stories” Losses, excesses, transportation and the world of the simple are all four the arguments in the book "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales", by Oliver Sacks. You may not understand what they mean or discuss until you realize who Oliver Sacks is. Oliver Sacks is a neurologist who had the opportunity to tackle these twenty-four case studies and share them in a book. The book is more focused on neurological functions, different forms of the mind and hallucinations/visions. All of these are linked to the first chapters of our psychology textbook (chapters 2,3,6,8,10). Oliver Sacks gives us clear insight into the minds of those who perceive things very differently than most. It's a clear insight into what many of us are curious about but may not fully understand. There are four main ideas in the book: losses, excess, transportation and the world of the simple. Each of these categories has its own stories within them. These are real cases encountered by Oliver Sacks. He met a ...