Weekend November 20, 2009

Antibiotics and Agnosias

BJ finally gets his antibiotic prescription and Jack complains about lost specimens, health care delivery and cigarettes. Thanks to an interview on Terry Gross' Fresh Air, Jack learned about agnosias, a term that means "without knowledge". It is used to describe a family of related symptoms affecting dementia and Alzheimer's patients. It is somehow reassuring to be able to put a name to a symptom. ~Jack