Awakenings

Description:

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.

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

People: Oliver Sacks (1933-2015)