Crosby, Molly Caldwell.

Asleep : The forgotten epidemic that remains one of medicine's greatest mysteries / Molly Caldwell Crosby. - 1st ed. - New York : Berkley Books, 2010. - x, 291 p., : [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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?

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.

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