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Author:

Crosby, Molly Caldwell.

Title:

Asleep : the forgotten epidemic that remains one of medicine's greatest mysteries / Molly Caldwell Crosby.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Berkley Books,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

x, 291 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Epidemic encephalitis--History.
Encephalitis--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

An epidemic begins -- Constantin von Economo -- The London outbreak -- New York City -- Ruth -- The neurologist -- The medical investigators -- Adam -- Smith Ely Jelliffe -- The alienist -- Only the beginning -- Jessie -- 1925 -- A two-headed beast -- Madness -- Rosie -- The Neurological Institute -- The Matheson Commission -- Josephine B. Neal -- Vaccine trials -- Sylvia -- I have seen the future -- Philip -- Gray matter -- Past or prologue?

Summary:

Crosby, acclaimed author of "The American Plague," explores the frightening history of a long forgotten disease--sleeping sickness--and details the frantic effort to conquer it before it strikes again.

ISBN:

0425225704
9780425225707

OCLC:

(OCoLC)435728301

LCCN:

2009034928

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

LTAX046 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Centerville (Centerville)

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HOPC845 -- Hull Public Library (Hull)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)