An edition of Awakenings (1973)

Awakenings

1st Vintage Books ed.

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An edition of Awakenings (1973)

Awakenings

1st Vintage Books ed.

by and

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Describes the author's work with institutionalized patients at Mount Carmel Hospital and the dramatic effects of the drug L-DOPA on twenty patients suffering from encephalitic Parkinsonism.

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Vintage Books
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

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Oliver Sacks (1933-2015)

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Przebudzenia
2011, Wydawnictwo Zysk i S-ka
in Polish
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Uyanislar
Nov 03, 2003, Yapi Kredi Yayinlari
paperback
Cover of: Awakenings
Awakenings
2002?, Vintage
in English
Cover of: Awakenings
Awakenings
2002?, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage Books ed.
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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
in Dutch
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Awakenings
1991, Picador
in English
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Awakenings
1990, HarperPerennial
in English
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Awakenings
1985?, Dutton
Cover of: Awakenings
Awakenings
1976, Vintage Books
in English - New, rev. ed.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-401) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
616.8/32
Library of Congress
RC382 .S23 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxix, 408 p.
Number of pages
408

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27019615M
Internet Archive
awakenings00sack_468
ISBN 10
0375704051
ISBN 13
9780375704055
LCCN
99027880
OCLC/WorldCat
41096302

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Work 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.

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