Paul Bernard Foley: Encephalitis Lethargica

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Beschreibung

Encephalitis lethargica (¿sleeping sickness¿) was a mysterious disorder that swept the world in the decade following the First World War, before disappearing without its cause having been identified. Around 85% of its victims, predominantly children, adolescents and younger adults, survived the acute disorder, but most developed severe neurological syndromes, particularly severe post-encephalitic parkinsonism and other severe motor abnormalities, that incapacitated them for the remainder of their lives.

Despite its brief history, encephalitis lethargica played a major role in a variety medical discussions between the two World Wars, as this epitome of neuropsychiatric disease ¿ attacking both motor and mental functions ¿ appeared just as the separation of neurology and psychiatry had reached a critical point. Encephalitis lethargica sufferers presented an unprecedented combination of neurologic and psychiatric symptoms ¿ including previously puzzling phenomenaprimarily associated with schizophrenia and hysteria, as well as behavioral changes and attention deficit disorders in children ¿ that not only underscored the unity of mind and movement in the CNS, but also illuminated the critical role played by subcortical structures in consciousness and other higher mental functions that had formerly been associated with the soul and more recently presumed to be localized to the human cerebral cortex. Encephalitis lethargica exerted a greater influence on clinical and theoretic neuroscientific thought between the two World Wars than any other single disorder and had an enduring impact upon neurology and psychiatry.

This book will be of interest to an educated audience active or interested in clinical (neurology, psychiatry, psychology) or laboratory neuroscience, particularly those interested in neuropsychiatry, as well as to those interested in the history of the biomedical sciences.

Zusammenfassung

A comprehensive history of encephalitis lethargica

Provides an accurate picture of the nature and course of the encephalitis lethargica epidemic

Features extensive historical and scientific research

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. 1915-1918: The Origins of Encephalitis Lethargica Chapter 3. 1919¿1924: The International Epidemic Chapter 4. The Nature of Acute Encephalitis Lethargica Chapter 5. When Night Comes Falling: Chronic Encephalitis Lethargica Chapter 6. The Psychiatry of Encephalitis Lethargica Chapter 7. The Neuropathology of Encephalitis Lethargica Chapter 8. What Caused Encephalitis Lethargica? Chapter 9. After The Flood Chapter 10. The Fading Trail of The Sleepy Wraith

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2019
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Biologie , Importe
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xxvi 1083 S. 27 s/w Illustr. 5 farbige Illustr. 1083 p. 32 illus. 5 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9781493979646
ISBN-10:	1493979647
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Foley, Paul Bernard
Auflage:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Hersteller:	Springer New York Springer US, New York, N.Y.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	254 x 178 x 59 mm
Von/Mit:	Paul Bernard Foley
Erscheinungsdatum:	07.06.2019
Gewicht:	2,04 kg