Asleep : the forgotten epidemic that remains one of medicine's greatest mysteries / Molly Caldwell Crosby.
Publication details: New York : Berkley Books, 2011.Edition: Berkeley trade paperback editionDescription: x, 291 p. [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780425238738 (pbk.)
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- Epidemic encephalitis -- History
- Encephalitis, Arbovirus -- epidemiology -- Europe -- Case Reports
- Encephalitis, Arbovirus -- epidemiology -- United States -- Case Reports
- Encephalitis, Arbovirus -- history -- Europe -- Case Reports
- Encephalitis, Arbovirus -- history -- United States -- Case Reports
- Disease Outbreaks -- history -- Europe -- Case Reports
- Disease Outbreaks -- history -- United States -- Case Reports
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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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