Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic That Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries

by Molly Caldwell Crosby

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In 1918, a World War was raging and a lethal strain of influenza was circling the globe. In the midst of all this death, a bizarre disease appeared in Europe. Eventually known as encephalitis lethargica, or sleeping sickness, it would spread across the world, leaving millions dead or locked in institutions. Asleep, set in 1920s and 1930s New York, follows a group of neurologists through hospitals and insane asylums as they try to solve the mystery...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0425225704

ISBN13:9780425225707

Release Date:March 2010

Publisher:Berkley Books

Length:291 Pages

Weight:1.21 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Communicable Diseases Diseases & Physical Ailments Health Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting History & Philosophy Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Medical Medical Books Medicine Nervous System Science & Math

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