Oliver Sacks, "Awakenings" focuses with exquisite detail on the experiences of a few extraordinary people affected by a ...
Called encephalitis lethargica (EL), it first caused flu-like symptoms, including a headache, nausea, joint pain and a fever.
Oliver Sacks, who died in 2015, first came to public attention with his descriptions of fascinating neurological conditions in accessible articles and books. He was one of the first doctors to ...