Awakenings
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Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015.
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General Shelving - 3rd Floor
RC382 .S23 1999
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Case studies.
Dopa -- Therapeutic use -- Case studies.
Epidemic encephalitis -- Complications -- Case studies.
Postencephalitic Parkinson's disease -- Case studies.
Postencephalitic Parkinson's disease.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Case studies.
Dopa -- Therapeutic use.
Epidemic encephalitis -- Complications.
Postencephalitic Parkinson's disease.
Other Subjects
Encéphalite épidémique -- Complications et séquelles -- Études de cas.
Levodopa -- therapeutic use
Nonfiction.
Parkinson Disease, Postencephalitic
Parkinsonisme postencéphalitique -- Études de cas.
Parkinsonisme postencéphalitique.
Études de cas.

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Book
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xxxix, 408 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
UPC
9780375704055

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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-401) and index.
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.
Description
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.
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SACFinal081324

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Sacks, O. (1999). Awakenings (1st Vintage books ed.). Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015. 1999. Awakenings. New York: Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015. Awakenings New York: Vintage Books, 1999.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Sacks, O. (1999). Awakenings. 1st Vintage books ed. New York: Vintage Books.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Sacks, Oliver. Awakenings 1st Vintage books ed., Vintage Books, 1999.

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