Awakenings

Awakenings

Oliver Sacks, 1933-2015

Book - 1990

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Subjects
Postencephalitic Parkinson's disease > Case studies.
Epidemic encephalitis > Complications > Case studies.
Dopa > Therapeutic use > Case studies.
Published
New York : Dutton [1990]
Language
English
Main Author
Oliver Sacks, 1933-2015 (-)
Physical Description
408 pages
ISBN
9780375704055
9780525482253
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface to the Original Edition
  • Preface to the 1990 Edition
  • Foreword to the 1990 Edition
  • Prologue
  • Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism
  • The Sleeping-Sickness (Encephalitis Lethargica)
  • The Aftermath of the Sleeping-Sickness (1927-67)
  • Life at Mount Carmel
  • The Coming of L-DOPA
  • Awakenings
  • Frances D.
  • Magda B.
  • Rose R.
  • Robert O.
  • Hester Y.
  • Rolando P.
  • Miriam H.
  • Lucy K.
  • Margaret A.
  • Miron V.
  • Gertie C.
  • Martha N.
  • Ida T.
  • Frank G.
  • Maria G.
  • Rachel I.
  • Aaron E.
  • George W.
  • Cecil M.
  • Leonard L.
  • Perspectives
  • Perspectives
  • Awakening
  • Tribulation
  • Accommodation
  • Epilogue (1982)
  • Postscript (1990)
  • Appendices
  • A History of the Sleeping-Sickness
  • 'Miracle' Drugs: Freud, William James, and Havelock Ellis
  • The Electrical Basis of Waakenings
  • Beyond L-DOPA
  • Parkinsonian Space and Time
  • Chaos and Awakenings
  • Awakenings on Stage and Screen
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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