| Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic That Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries Contributor(s): Crosby, Molly Caldwell (Author) |
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ISBN: 0425238733 ISBN-13: 9780425238738 Publisher: Berkley Books OUR PRICE: $15.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | History - Medical | Infectious Diseases - Health & Fitness | Diseases - Nervous System (incl. Brain) |
| Dewey: 362.196 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.6" W x 8.23" (0.64 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1920's - Chronological Period - 1930's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |