Overview: 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 researchEncephalitis 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-encep
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