Brain (novel)
Encyclopedia
Brain is a medical
thriller written by Robin Cook
. It describes how a future generation of computer
s will work hard-wired to human brains. The story starts with a girl Kathereine Collins going to a private clinic named GYN where she is undergoing treatment for some Gynac ailments. Simultaneously she has started having seizures where in she smells a repulsive and oddly familiar smell and then loses consciousness. She wants to withdraw her records from this clinic and move onto her hometown to her family doctor. While on her way back, she faints at the elevators. The next scene shows her parents visiting her apartment and the cops searching the room as she has been missing since some days now. The story revolves around the protagonist Dr. Martin Philips from then on, who is a doctor
in neurophysiology
at the NYC medical center. Dr. Martin Philips, a 41 year old is involved in creating a self-diagonstic x-ray machine
, along with Michael, who is a researcher at MIT and also head of the department of artificial intelligence
. His girlfriend and colleague Dr.Denise Sanger (28 years old) is also involved in the same hospital.
The story proceeds with the hospital working being shown where Dr. Mannerheim is to operate on a girl named Lisa Marino who is a seizure patient. She is set to undergo a brain operation to get rid of a part of her brain cells which her doctors say is causing her seizures. The symptoms are described same as like Kathereine Collins only stronger.
However, when Dr. Philips starts to discover a conspiracy involving usage of human test subjects, he is drawn into a world that is deceiving and dangerous.
After the reveal, Dr Phillips asks to be put in an asylum.
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
thriller written by Robin Cook
Robin Cook (novelist)
Dr. Robin Cook is an American physician and novelist who writes about medicine and topics affecting public health....
. It describes how a future generation of computer
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
s will work hard-wired to human brains. The story starts with a girl Kathereine Collins going to a private clinic named GYN where she is undergoing treatment for some Gynac ailments. Simultaneously she has started having seizures where in she smells a repulsive and oddly familiar smell and then loses consciousness. She wants to withdraw her records from this clinic and move onto her hometown to her family doctor. While on her way back, she faints at the elevators. The next scene shows her parents visiting her apartment and the cops searching the room as she has been missing since some days now. The story revolves around the protagonist Dr. Martin Philips from then on, who is a doctor
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
in neurophysiology
Neurophysiology
Neurophysiology is a part of physiology. Neurophysiology is the study of nervous system function...
at the NYC medical center. Dr. Martin Philips, a 41 year old is involved in creating a self-diagonstic x-ray machine
X-ray machine
An X-ray generator is a device used to generate X-rays. These devices are commonly used by radiographers to acquire an x-ray image of the inside of an object but they are also used in sterilization or fluorescence....
, along with Michael, who is a researcher at MIT and also head of the department of artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
. His girlfriend and colleague Dr.Denise Sanger (28 years old) is also involved in the same hospital.
The story proceeds with the hospital working being shown where Dr. Mannerheim is to operate on a girl named Lisa Marino who is a seizure patient. She is set to undergo a brain operation to get rid of a part of her brain cells which her doctors say is causing her seizures. The symptoms are described same as like Kathereine Collins only stronger.
However, when Dr. Philips starts to discover a conspiracy involving usage of human test subjects, he is drawn into a world that is deceiving and dangerous.
After the reveal, Dr Phillips asks to be put in an asylum.