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Thanks Joe,
Its nice to know someone remembers me!
Where would I find more information about the "alien limb"?

I was thinking today ,its too bad the medicine is more of an
Art than an Science, otherwise, they could hook up our brains
to a machine as they do our computers, and run a diagnostic test
on it, and it would tell us where the circuitry is haywire.

I can see me reading the print out now----more short term memory
needed in the left lobe--a little more in the right lobe would be
beneficial also!!!!

Ah well!!!!

As Ever,
Marjorie
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At 02:08 PM 06/03/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Marjorie, it's good to hear from you- been a while.
>
>
>There is a rare and curious psychosis called "alien hand", or
>"alien
>limb" syndrome, in which the patient feels that, although he can
>move
>it and feel sensation in it, the limb in question belongs to
>somebody
>else and is not under his control. If the psychosis is severe
>enough
>it may be necessary to prevent the patient from trying to get rid
>of it.
>I suspect that the syndrome occurs in a very wide range of
>severity, and
>in its mildest form might be related to the mysterious "freezing"
>in PD
>where feet simply refuse to move. Some PWP have found empirical
>tactics
>to overcome freezing, but IMHO true understanding is years away.
>Cheers,
>Joe
>--
>J. R. Bruman   (818) 789-3694
>3527 Cody Road
>Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013