Awakenings

Awakenings

by Sacks, Oliver

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A series of case studies of some of the people who developed a sleeping-sickness after World War I and remained in a sleep state until given the drug L-Dopa. Also describes their lives, the transformation after awakening, and then describes parts of the film made from these case studies.

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  • Full title :Awakenings / Oliver Sacks.

Summary

A series of case studies of some of the people who developed a sleeping-sickness after World War I and remained in a sleep state until given the drug L-Dopa. Also describes their lives, the transformation after awakening, and then describes parts of the film made from these case studies.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1990.
  • Edition:1st HarperPerennial ed

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):HarperPerennial
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1990.

Notes

Originally published: London : Duckworth, 1973.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xxxix, 408 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0060973684, 9780060973681, 0375704051, 9780375704055
  • oclc:ocm21910570
  • LC Classification:RC382
  • Dewey Decimal:616.8/32

Subjects

Case Reports Case studies Dopa -- Case studies. -- Therapeutic use Dopa -- Therapeutic use Encéphalite épidémique -- Études de cas… Encephalitis, Arbovirus -- drug therapy Epidemic encephalitis -- Case studies. … Epidemic encephalitis -- Complications Études de cas Levodopa -- therapeutic use Parkinson Disease -- drug therapy Parkinsonisme postencéphalitique -- Étu… Postencephalitic Parkinson's disease Postencephalitic Parkinson's disease --…

Writers

Sacks, Oliver

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