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Awakenings.

Author:	Oliver Sacks
Publisher:	Picador : 1991.
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : Biography : English : Rev. edView all editions and formats
Summary:	Now hailed as a medical classic this extraordinary account of a group of 20 patients, survivors of the great sleeping-sickness epidemic which swept the world in the 1920's, and the astonishing explosive "awakening" effect they experienced 40 years later through new drug L-DOPA administered by Dr. Sacks. The stories he tells of these remarkable individuals are moving, often courageous and sometimes tragic. Through them he also explores the most general questions of health, disease, suffering, care and the human condition.  Read more...
Subjects	Postencephalitic Parkinson's disease -- Case studies. Epidemic encephalitis -- Complications -- Case studies. Dopa -- Therapeutic use -- Case studies. View all subjects
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