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Awakenings

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Vintage Books, 1999.
Edition:	1st Vintage Books ed.
Subjects:	Postencephalitic Parkinson's disease > Case studies. Epidemic encephalitis > Complications > Case studies. Dopa > Therapeutic use > Case studies.
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Summary:	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
Physical Description:	xxxix, 408 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-401) and index.
ISBN:	0375704051 : PAP
Author Notes:	Oliver Sacks was born in London and trained as a neurologist in Oxford and California.