| Contents |
Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism -- The Sleeping-Sickness (Encephalitis Lethargica) -- The Aftermath of the Sleeping-Sickness (1927-67) -- Life at Mount Carmel -- The Coming of L-DOPA -- Awakenings -- Frances D. -- Magda B. -- Rose R. -- Robert O. -- Hester Y. -- Rolando P. -- Miriam H. -- Lucy K. -- Margaret A. -- Miron V. -- Gertie C. -- Martha N. -- Ida T. -- Frank G. -- Maria G. -- Rachel I. -- Aaron E. -- George W. -- Cecil M. -- Leonard L. -- Perspectives -- Perspectives -- Awakening -- Tribulation -- Accommodation -- A History of the Sleeping-Sickness -- 'Miracle' Drugs: Freud, William James, and Havelock Ellis -- The Electrical Basis of Waakenings -- Beyond L-DOPA -- Parkinsonian Space and Time -- Chaos and Awakenings -- Awakenings on Stage and Screen. |
| Abstract |
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. |
| Abstract |
A series of case studies of some of the people who developed a sleeping-sickness after World War I and remained in a sleep state until given the drug L-Dopa. Also describes their lives, the transformation after awakening, and then describes parts of the film made from these case studies. -- Publisher description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-401) and index. |
| LCCN | 99027880 |
| ISBN | 9780375704055 |
| ISBN | 0375704051 |
