Hospitals and Treatment Centers

Significant portions of Sacks' work and research as a medical professional, as well as the work and research done by other experts whom he cites, is conducted in various hospitals and treatment centres. From Beth Abraham Hospital in New York City where Sacks worked extensively to the Vienna General Hospital where Sigmund Freud began his career and work as a neurologist, hospitals provide the educational and research background for a variety of scientists at all states of their careers throughout The River of Consciousness. When Sacks' role as a doctor is reversed and he himself becomes a patient, whether it be for his leg injury in middle age or his end-of-life cancer treatment, hospitals and treatments centers continue to play a significant role.

Gardens

Gardens are the setting for the book's significant discussion of botany and evolutionary biology. Whether Sacks is writing of Darwin's...