Medical mysteries : mystery of the forgotten plague.

Date:
2004
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Description

In the 1920's an incurable disease that turned ordinary people into living statues caused global panic. Yet ten years after it first appeared, encephalitis lethargica suddenly vanished, leaving victims paralysed and scientists baffled as to its origins. Recently, new cases of the disease have been reported. Is this the start of a new epidemic?

Publication/Creation

London : BBC TV, 2004.

Physical description

1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sound, color, PAL.

Copyright note

BBC.

Notes

Broadcast 28th July 2004.

Creator/production credits

Producer Milla Harrison.

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