December 11th, 2008
Pause
Every now and then, a story catches my eye that gives me pause.
A story that causes me to put politics
and finance on the back burner, and thrusts into the forefront of my mind such
questions as “what the hell is it all about?? Such is the case today when an obituary crossed my desk.
Henry Molaison died at age 82. He lived for decades with severe amnesia
traced originally to an episode when he was nine years old and was hit by a
bicycle. He developed seizures and later suffered convulsions. Eighteen years
after the accident, Molaison, known as HM, underwent experimental brain surgery
in an attempt to correct the seizures, but he developed “profound amnesia? and
lost the ability to form new memories.