- Case studies, Dopa, Therapeutic use, Epidemic encephalitis
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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Earnest, grave, classical in form and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Oliver Sacks, Jonathan Davis
- First published
- 1973
- Pages
- 409
- Publisher
- Yapi Kredi Yayinlari, Meulenhoff, Vintage
- Editions
- 40
- Language
- Italian, Japanese, heb, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9781529087437
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“Miss D. was born in New York in 1904, the youngest and brightest of four children.”
Oliver Sacks (1933–2015) was a British neurologist, writer, and science communicator, known for making neurology accessible to the general public through his works. He spent much of his career in the United States, where he worked as a physician and university professor. His writings focused on real neurological cases and on the relationship between the brain, the mind, and human experience. His work was distinguished by combining scientific research with a close and humanistic perspective toward his patients. --- Oliver Sacks (1933-2015) fue un neurólogo, escritor y divulgador científico británico, conocido por acercar la neurología al público mediante sus obras. Desarrolló gran parte de su
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