Awakenings
- ISBN-10
- 0375704051
- ISBN-13
- 9780375704055
- Series
- Awakenings
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 408
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Oliver Sacks
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
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