**The classic account of survivors of the sleeping-sickness during the great epidemic just after World War I *—* and their return to the world after decades of “sleep.” • From the distinguished neurologist and the bestselling author of*** **The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat **** * **“One of the most beautifully composed and moving works of our time. — *The Washington Post* ** ** ** * *** * Awakenings—* which inspired the major motion picture starring Robert DeNiro and Robin Williams—is the remarkable story of a group of patients who contracted sleeping-sickness during the great epidemic just after World War I. Frozen for decades in a trance-like state, these men and women were given up as hopeless until 1969, when Dr. Oliver Sacks gave them the then-new drug L-DOPA, which had an astonishing, explosive, awakening effect. Dr. Sacks recounts the moving case histories of his patients, their lives, and the extraordinary transformations which went with their reintroduction to a changed world.
Awakenings
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About Author | Oliver Wolf Sacks, CBE, was a British neurologist residing in the United States, who has written popular books about his patients, the most famous of which is Awakenings, which was adapted into a film |
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Author | Oliver Sacks |
ISBN | 9780375704055 |
Pages | 406 |
Publication Date | 10-04-1999 |
Publisher | Vintage |
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