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Horizon Season 1997 Episode 15

Looks at Ian Waterman, who at 19 caught a virus that destroyed half of his nervous system and who, in spite of medical assertions that he would never walk, feed or move again, managed by sheer will-power to get back some mobility. Examines the question of how far the brain can over-ride disease or physical problems.

Serie: Horizon

Episode Title: The Man Who Lost his Body

Air Date: 1997-10-16