Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic That Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries Paperback - 2011
by Molly Caldwell Crosby
A fascinating look at a bizarre, forgotten epidemic from the national bestselling author of The American Plague.
In 1918, a world war raged, and a lethal strain of influenza circled the globe. In the midst of all this death, a bizarre disease appeared in Europe. Eventually known as encephalitis lethargica, or sleeping sickness, it spread worldwide, leaving millions dead or locked in institutions. Then, in 1927, it disappeared as suddenly as it arrived.
Asleep, set in 1920s and '30s New York, follows a group of neurologists through hospitals and asylums as they try to solve this epidemic and treat its victims-who learned the worst fate was not dying of it, but surviving it.
Summary
In 1918, a world war raged, and a lethal strain of influenza circled the globe. In the midst of all this death, a bizarre disease appeared in Europe. Eventually known as encephalitis lethargica, or sleeping sickness, it spread worldwide, leaving millions dead or locked in institutions. Then, in 1927, it disappeared as suddenly as it arrived.
Asleep, set in 1920s and '30s New York, follows a group of neurologists through hospitals and asylums as they try to solve this epidemic and treat its victims-who learned the worst fate was not dying of it, but surviving it.
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- Title Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic That Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries
- Author Molly Caldwell Crosby
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Berkley Books, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2011-02-01
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780425238738 / 0425238733
- Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.23 x 5.6 x 0.84 in (20.90 x 14.22 x 2.13 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1920's
- Chronological Period: 1930's
- Topical: Health & Fitness
- Library of Congress subjects History, 20th Century - United States, History, 20th Century - Europe
- Dewey Decimal Code 362.196
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