Awakenings
By: Oliver Sacks
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2002?
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780375704055
Subjects: Case studies; Complications; Epidemic encephalitis; Postencephalitic Parkinson's disease; Therapeutic use; Dopa
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-401) and index.