Concussion, Jeanne Marie Laskas
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Concussion, Jeanne Marie Laskas
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eng
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illustrations
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non fiction
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Concussion
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907446525
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Jeanne Marie Laskas
Summary
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. Iron Mike's mental deterioration was caused by blows to the head that could affect everyone playing the game -- the one truth the NFL wanted to ignore
Table Of Contents
Obscurity -- Running -- Spiral -- America -- Fancy -- The morgue -- Discovery -- Belonging -- Attack -- Scramble -- Oddball -- Comfort zone -- Word -- Daddy
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