An edition of Asleep (2010)

Asleep

the forgotten epidemic that remains one of medicine's greatest mysteries

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An edition of Asleep (2010)

Asleep

the forgotten epidemic that remains one of medicine's greatest mysteries

1st ed.

by

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  • 1 Have read

Crosby, acclaimed author of "The American Plague," explores the frightening history of a long forgotten disease--sleeping sickness--and details the frantic effort to conquer it before it strikes again.

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Berkley Books
Language
English
Pages
291

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Subjects

Epidemiology, Disease Outbreaks, Case Reports, Epidemic encephalitis, History, Arbovirus Encephalitis, History, 20th Century, Encephalitis, Epidemics, Europe, history, 20th century

Places

Europe, United States
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Asleep: the forgotten epidemic that remains one of medicine's greatest mysteries
2010, Berkley Books
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Table of Contents

An epidemic begins
Constantin von Economo
The London outbreak
New York City
Ruth
The neurologist
The medical investigators
Adam
Smith Ely Jelliffe
The alienist
Only the beginning
Jessie
1925
A two-headed beast
Madness
Rosie
The Neurological Institute
The Matheson Commission
Josephine B. Neal
Vaccine trials
Sylvia
I have seen the future
Philip
Gray matter
Past or prologue?

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.196/84980094
Library of Congress
RA644.E52 C76 2010, RA644.E52C76 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 291 p., [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
291

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24408290M
Internet Archive
asleepforgottene0000cros_i8r0
ISBN 10
0425225704
ISBN 13
9780425225707
LCCN
2009034928
OCLC/WorldCat
435728301

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