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*Doctor Olaf van Schuler's Brain* *Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text<http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/360/21/2262>and any section headings. * [image: Sign up for free e-toc]<https://secure.nejm.org/campaigns/Register/REGONJEJ0607/REGONJEJ0607.aspx?promo=ONFLNR28&cpc=REGONJEJ0607> [image: This Article] [image: -]*Full Text <http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/360/21/2262> * [image: -]* PDF<http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/360/21/2262.pdf> * [image: -]*PDA Full Text<http://content.nejm.org/cgi/external_ref?link_type=pda_mms&doi=10.1056%2FNEJMbkrev0809190> * [image: -]*Purchase this article<http://content.nejm.org/cgi/cookietest?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.nejm.org%2Fecom%2Fppv%2Fppv_home.aspx%3Fproductcode%3Dppv%26Promo%3DONFLNP02%26resourceid%3D360%252F21%252F2262%26title%3DDoctor%2BOlaf%2Bvan%2BSchuler%2527s%2BBrain%26author%3DBenzon%26volume%3D360%26issue%3D21%26page%3D2262%26pubdate%3D5%2B21%2B09%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fcontent.nejm.org%252Fcgi%252Fcontent%252Fshort%252F360%252F21%252F2262%253Fquery%253DTOC> * [image: Tools and Services] [image: -]*Add to Personal Archive<http://content.nejm.org/cgi/folders?action=addtofolder&wherefrom=JOURNALS&wrapped_id=nejm;360/21/2262> * [image: -]*Add to Citation Manager<http://content.nejm.org/cgi/citmgr?gca=nejm;360/21/2262> * [image: -]*Notify a Friend<http://content.nejm.org/cgi/mailafriend?url=http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/21/2262&title=Doctor+Olaf+van+Schuler%27s+Brain> * [image: -]*E-mail When Cited<http://content.nejm.org/cgi/alerts/ctalert?alertType=citedby&addAlert=cited_by&saveAlert=no&cited_by_criteria_resid=nejm;360/21/2262&return_type=article&return_url=%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F360%2F21%2F2262%3Fquery%3DTOC> * [image: -]*E-mail When Letters Appear<http://content.nejm.org/cgi/external_ref?link_type=letters_mms&doi=10.1056%2FNEJMbkrev0809190> * [image: More Information] By Kirsten Menger-Anderson. 290 pp. Chapel Hill, NC, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008. $22.95. ISBN 978-1-56512-561-2. Disorders of the brain have long inspired the literary imagination. Kirsten Menger-Anderson's novel, *Doctor Olaf van Schuler's* *Brain,* is a recent addition to this literature. Menger-Anderson traces more than 300 years of medical and cultural history through vignettes of the Steenwycks, a family of medical practitioners in New York. Each chapter depicts treatments that reflect the curative methods of the period — from the use of ground millipedes as a drug, bloodletting, and mesmerism to phrenology, lobotomy, and electroconvulsive therapy. The narrative begins with Dr. Olaf van Schuler, who emigrates from Holland to New Amsterdam in 1664. In his quest *. . . [Full Text of this Article<http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/360/21/2262> ]* ------------------------------ H <http://content.nejm.org/>
