see also Girl on Butterfly Wing
APACHE II score, 25
atoms, 150
awareness, 130 , 158 ; see also consciousness
bacteria:
E. coli, see E. coli bacteria
gram-negative type, 25 , 27 , 42 , 92 , 149 , 183
Gram’s stain classification of, 23
resistant to antibiotics, 43
bacterial attack, 21–22
bacterial conjugation, 20
basal ganglia, 187 , 188
belief, power of, 155
Big Bang, 157
binaural beats, 159
Black Death, 43 , 50
bliss, 124
Bohr, Niels, 154
brain:
absence of, 8 , 129–30, 135
access to, 35
adaptability of, 95
attack on, 17–19, 20–21, 42 , 132–33, 149
as barrier, 72 , 80
and cardiac arrest, 134
and cerebrospinal fluid, 19 , 20
in coma vigile state, 107
concreteness of, 35
and consciousness, 8–9, 34 , 80–81, 130 , 140 , 149 , 152
CT scan of, 23 , 183
and fantasy, 118 , 141
as filter, 81