What if you couldn’t wake up...
but you weren’t asleep?
That’s what happened during the Encephalitis Lethargica epidemic — a forgotten outbreak that left thousands paralyzed in stillness.
#Brewminate #Neurology #EncephalitisLethargica #PandemicHistory
🔗 https://brewminate.com/the-sleep-of-reason-encephalitis-lethargica-in-the-early-twentieth-century/
Voyagers, we’re proud to say we def. know this #Jeopardy! question: What is Awakenings?
#OOAwakenings #OdysseyOpera #encephalitislethargica #oliversacks
A Million Were Struck by This Mysterious Disease Before It Vanished : ScienceAlert…
The disease known as encephalitis lethargica, or the "sleepy sickness" affected a million people worldwide during and after the first world war, then it vanished, and has remained a mystery for the past century. The question that has never been answered is: what caused it?... #diseases #encephalitislethargica #pandemics #sleepysickness #health #medicalresearch
You know that movie #Awakenings? It was based on a book by the same name. All about bringing people out of #EncephalitisLethargica which was brought on by the #SpanishFlu Pandemic.
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