摘要：This review introduces the account of Polanyi Society member James Hall’s rare survival of a pontine
stroke. With the help of Patton Howell, the story leads to the clinical and philosophical meaning of a life
virtually without body experience yet rich in intellectual and spiritual activity.
关键词：James Hall, Patton Howell, Jungian psychology, pontine stroke, locked-in
syndrome, mind-body relationship, Michael Polanyi’s theory of knowledge, ethical care for stroke victims,
life of the mind without body.
