Encephalitis Lethargica: During and After the Epidemic

by Joel A. Vilensky

Book Overview

Encephalitis Lethargica: During and After the Epidemic is akin to a detective novel about a major medical mystery that remains unsolved. During the 1920s and 1930s a strange, very polymorphic condition affected much of the world although not at the same time everywhere and certainly not with the same symptoms. This condition, encephalitis lethargica, could cause death in a short period, or a Rip Van Winkle type of sleep that might last days, weeks...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019537830X
• ISBN13: 9780195378306
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"