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Asleep : the forgotten epidemic that remains one of medicine's greatest mysteries / Molly Caldwell Crosby.

By: Publication details: New York : Berkley Books, 2011.Edition: Berkeley trade paperback editionDescription: x, 291 p. [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780425238738 (pbk.)
  • 0425238733
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Contents:
An epidemic begins -- Constantin von Economo -- The London outbreak -- New York City -- Ruth -- The neurologist -- The medical investigators -- Adam -- Smith Ely Jelliffe -- The alienist -- Only the beginning -- Jessie -- 1925 -- A two-headed beast -- Madness -- Rosie -- The Neurological Institute -- The Matheson Commission -- Josephine B. Neal -- Vaccine trials -- Sylvia -- I have seen the future -- Philip -- Gray matter -- Past or prologue?
Summary: Crosby, acclaimed author of'The American Plague', explores the frightening history of a long forgotten disease--sleeping sickness--and details the frantic effort to conquer it before it strikes again.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

An epidemic begins -- Constantin von Economo -- The London outbreak -- New York City -- Ruth -- The neurologist -- The medical investigators -- Adam -- Smith Ely Jelliffe -- The alienist -- Only the beginning -- Jessie -- 1925 -- A two-headed beast -- Madness -- Rosie -- The Neurological Institute -- The Matheson Commission -- Josephine B. Neal -- Vaccine trials -- Sylvia -- I have seen the future -- Philip -- Gray matter -- Past or prologue?

Crosby, acclaimed author of'The American Plague', explores the frightening history of a long forgotten disease--sleeping sickness--and details the frantic effort to conquer it before it strikes again.

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