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Patient Hm
The story of Henry Molaison, whose profound amnesia after a radical surgery inadvertently revealed the complex architecture of human memory and forced a reckoning with scientific ethics.
“The story of Henry Molaison, whose profound amnesia after a radical surgery inadvertently revealed the complex architecture of human memory and forced a reckoning with scientific ethics.”
— Luke Dittrich, Patient Hm
Memory, Neuroscience, Medical Ethics
If you've ever considered how memory shapes identity, or the ethical tightrope walked in the pursuit of scientific knowledge, this will resonate, and this will help you see what to do next.
Luke Dittrich, the grandson of HM's neurosurgeon, brings a uniquely intimate and ethically complex perspective to the story, weaving family history with scientific inquiry into the nature of memory.