Power Search
Low Price Guarantee
We Take School POs
Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries
Contributor(s): Crosby, Molly Caldwell (Author)

View larger image

 ISBN: 0425238733     ISBN-13: 9780425238738
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
OUR PRICE: $15.20  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2011
Qty:
Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | History
- Medical | Infectious Diseases
- Health & Fitness | Diseases - Nervous System (incl. Brain)
Dewey: 362.196
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.6" W x 8.23" L (0.64 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1920's
- Chronological Period - 1930's
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
A fascinating look at a bizarre, forgotten epidemic from the national bestselling author of The American Plague.

In 1918, a world war raged, and a lethal strain of influenza circled the globe. In the midst of all this death, a bizarre disease appeared in Europe. Eventually known as encephalitis lethargica, or sleeping sickness, it spread worldwide, leaving millions dead or locked in institutions. Then, in 1927, it disappeared as suddenly as it arrived.

Asleep, set in 1920s and '30s New York, follows a group of neurologists through hospitals and asylums as they try to solve this epidemic and treat its victims-who learned the worst fate was not dying of it, but surviving it.
 
Customer ReviewsSubmit your own review
 
To tell a friend about this book, you must Sign In First!