Oliver Sacks Put Himself Into His Case Studies. What Was the Cost? | The New Yorker
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The scientist was famous for linking healing with storytelling. Sometimes that meant reshaping patients’ reality.
The scientist was famous for linking healing with storytelling. Sometimes that meant reshaping patients’ reality. December 8, 2025 Sacks, a celebrated neurologist, avoided love for nearly fifty years, displacing his psychic conflicts onto the lives of his patients.Photograph by Christopher Anderson / WeFolk When Oliver Sacks arrived in New York City, in September, 1965, he wore a butter-colored suit that reminded him of the sun. He had just spent a romantic week in Europe travelling with a man named Jenö Vincze, and he found himself walking too fast, fizzing with happiness. “My blood is…
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