Concussion

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In 2002, forensic pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu picked up a scalpel in a Pittsburgh morgue and made a discovery that would rattle America. The body on the slab in front of him belonged to a fifty-year-old named Mike Webster, aka "Iron Mike," a Hall of Fame center for the Pittsburgh Steelers. After retiring in 1990, Webster had suffered a dizzyingly steep decline. The search for answers put Omalu in the crosshairs of one of the most powerful corporations in America: the National Football League. …

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Title Statements

Full title :Concussion / Jeanne Marie Laskas.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Random House
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015

Notes

"A Random House Trade Paperback Original"--Title page verso.

The Physical Object

Description:269 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780812989267, 0812989260, 9780812987577, 0812987578, 0812998081, 9780812998085
oclc:ocn907446525
LC Classification:RC394.C7
Dewey Decimal:617.5/1044

Obscurity -- Running -- Spiral -- America -- Fancy -- The morgue -- Discovery -- Belonging -- Attack -- Scramble -- Oddball -- Comfort zone -- Word -- Daddy.

Subjects

Athletic Injuries Biographies Biography Brain -- Concussion Cerveau -- Commotion Craniocerebral Trauma Football injuries Head -- Wounds and injuries National Football League Omalu, Bennet I., (Bennet Ifeakandu) Sports -- Accidents et blessures Sports injuries Tête -- Lésions et blessures United States