Asleep : The Forgotten Epidemic That Remains One of Medicines Greatest Mysteries

English

ISBN: 0425238733

EAN: 9780425238738

Category: Medical / Public Health/Medical / Neurology/Medical / Epidemiology/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 02/12/2012

Age Range: 18-null

Synopsis: A fascinating look at a bizarre, forgotten epidemic from the national bestselling author of the American Plague.In 1918, a world war raged, and a lethal strain of influenza circled the globe. In the midst of all this death, a bizarre disease appeared in Europe. Eventually known as encephalitis lethargica, or sleeping sickness, it spread worldwide, leaving millions dead or locked in institutions. Then, In 1927, it disappeared as suddenly as it arrived.Asleep, set in 1920s and 30s New York, follows a group of neurologists through hospitals and asylums as they try to solve this epidemic and treat its victims-who learned the worst fate was not dying of it, but surviving it.

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Asleep : The Forgotten Epidemic That Remains One of Medicines Greatest Mysteries

Illustrated: No

Format: UK-B Format Paperback

Height: 0.87 inches

Width: 5.58 inches

Length: 8.32 inches

Weight: 10.26 oz

Pages: 304