Awakenings / Oliver Sacks
By: Sacks, Oliver W.
New York : Vintage Books, 1999Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.Description: xxxix, 408 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0375704051; 9780307398154 (pbk.).Subject(s): Postencephalitic Parkinson's disease -- Case studies | Epidemic encephalitis -- Complications -- Case studies | Dopa -- Therapeutic use -- Case studiesGenre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-401) and index
Awakenings -- Perspectives
Describes the author's work with institutionalized patients at Mount Carmel Hospital and the dramatic effects of the drug L-DOPA on twenty patients suffering from encephalitic Parkinsonism