An edition of Awakenings (1973)

Awakenings

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An edition of Awakenings (1973)

Awakenings

1st HarperPerennial ed.

by and

  • ★★★★ ★ 4.5 (4 ratings)
  • 70 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 5 Have read

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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HarperPerennial
Language
English
Pages
408

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Subjects

Case studies, Dopa, Therapeutic use, Epidemic encephalitis, Complications, Postencephalitic Parkinson's disease, Drug therapy, Parkinsonism, Encephalitis, Epidemic, Enfermedad de Parkinson, Encefalitis epidémica, Encephalitis epidemica, Parkinson disease, postencephalitic, Encephalitis, viral, Levodopa, Case reports, L-Dopa, Neurology, Encephalitis, Psychofysiologie, Encephalitis lethargica, Casuïstiek, Parkinson's disease, Coma, Zakażenie arbowirusami, Choroba Parkinsona, Farmakoterapia, Lewodopa, Neurolodzy, Śpiączkowe zapalenie mózgu, Studium przypadku, Zastosowanie w leczeniu, Zapalenie mózgu nagminne, Nervous System Diseases, Parkinson Disease, Fallstudiensammlung, Dihydroxyphenylalanine, Arbovirus Encephalitis

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Oliver Sacks (1933-2015)

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2011, Wydawnictwo Zysk i S-ka
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Uyanislar
Nov 03, 2003, Yapi Kredi Yayinlari
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Awakenings
2002?, Vintage
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Awakenings: das Buch zum Film = Zeit des Erwachens
1995, Rowohlt
in German - Einmalige Sonderausg.
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Ontwaken in verbijstering
1993, Meulenhoff
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Awakenings
1991, Picador
in English
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Awakenings
1990, HarperPerennial
in English
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Awakenings
1990, HarperPerennial
in English - 1st HarperPerennial ed.
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Awakenings
1985?, Dutton
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Awakenings
1976, Vintage Books
in English - New, rev. ed.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-401) and index.
Originally published: London : Duckworth, 1973.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
616.8/32
Library of Congress
RC382 .S23 1990

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxix, 408 p., [8] p. of plates :
Number of pages
408

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1853236M
ISBN 10
0060973684
LCCN
90004914
OCLC/WorldCat
21910570
LibraryThing
5689
Goodreads
975959

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1811911W

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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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