Awakenings
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About This Book
This is the extraordinary account of a group of 20 patients, survivors of the great sleeping-sickness epidemic which swept the world in the 1920s, and the astonishing, explosive "awakening" effect they experienced 40 years later through a 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.
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Sign InCase studiesDopaTherapeutic useEpidemic encephalitisComplicationsPostencephalitic Parkinson's diseaseDrug therapyParkinsonismEncephalitis, EpidemicEnfermedad de ParkinsonEncefalitis epidémicaEncephalitis epidemica
The Swinging Light
Book Details
First Published
1973
Pages
409 pages
Rating
4.4 / 5
Ratings
5
Editions
40
Publisher
Yapi Kredi Yayinlari
Language
ITA, JPN, HEB
Status
Published
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