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

  • Crosby, Molly Caldwell.
Date:
2010
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

Forgotten epidemic that remains one of medicine's greatest mysteries

Description

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.

Publication/Creation

New York : Berkley Books, 2010.

Physical description

x, 291 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

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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?

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    FT /CRO
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780425225707
  • 0425225704