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encephalitis lethargica



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Blossoming, because the people have been “awakened” from the long-lingering effects of encephalitis lethargica — the “sleeping sickness” — by the miracle drug L-dopa, which Sacks administers to them experimentally.

From New York Times • May 25, 2022

After attending medical school and practicing in Britain, he moved to the United States in the early 1960s where he studied a group of people who contracted encephalitis lethargica.

From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2015

The film took what could have been a creepy Beauty and the Beast type premise and crafted a thoughtful and moving film that turned zombies into a heartbreaking metaphor for encephalitis lethargica.

From Forbes • Jun. 3, 2015

In 1918, Audrey Death, a munitions worker at Woolwich Arsenal, is sectioned to Friern hospital in north London after falling victim to encephalitis lethargica.

From Economist • Sep. 6, 2012

Recently the medical profession has been called on to treat many cases of encephalitis lethargica where similar symptoms are observed.

From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)