The Island of the Colorblind

Island of Pingelap, Micronesia

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The Island of the Colorblind by Oliver Sacks

Medical Transcription Word of the Day: decussation - The switching point of nerves, such that nerves on the left side of the body are controlled by the right hemisphere of the brain and vice-versa. This takes place in the medulla, which is the lowest part of the brainstem, below the pons.

Mark and I had Greek food for dinner this evening. I am stuffed! I had moussaka, eggplant, and baklava. I was a wonderfully bad girl....