Which organ is the most important in humans? Almost everyone, without hesitation, will answer that we are talking about the brain. We all know that the nervous system controls all processes in the body. How do you react to the message that the American living today Carlos Rodriguez is a person without a brain in the most direct physiological sense?
Unusual detention
In 2010, US police detained a not quite ordinary person. The suspect was charged with robbery, drug possession and prostitution. The detained Carlos Rodriguez behaved in a police station adequately, he dutifully took pictures, left fingerprints and began to fill out a standard questionnaire. Problems arose when the line "special signs" remained empty. The thing is, Carlos Rodriguez is a “man without a brain”, that is how the media dubbed him. This guy has no forehead, and accordingly, frontal lobes, and with them a significant fragment of the skull.
Carlos Rodriguez is a man without a brain. What happened to him, how did he become like that?
From birth, this guy was completely normal and in terms of physical indicators did not radically differ from his peers. As a teenager, Carlos got involved with a bad company and started using alcohol and drugs. The tragedy that changed his life occurred when he was 14 years old. Being intoxicated, Carlos stole a car and had an accident. During the collision, the teenager flew through the windshield and hit his head on the asphalt. Doctors managed to save his life, but a significant fragment of the skull and brain had to be removed.
Brain injuries are not always fatal
A remarkable fact is that after all the operations and the rehabilitation period, the patient, who lost a significant part of the brain, has not changed at all. He retained all his memories and mental abilities. Despite the fact that Carlos Rodriguez is a “man without a brain” (the photo in the article clearly demonstrates this), he continues to smile, is able to maintain a conversation on various topics, and quickly and appropriately answers the questions posed. Scientists today do not have an exact explanation of how you can live without the brain and maintain most of the mental functions. The hypothesis that the nerve endings located in the abdominal part partially replace the traditional organ of thinking is popular in scientific circles.
