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Dopa Therapeutic use Case studies Drama DVDs Epidemic encephalitis Case studies Drama Epidemic encephalitis Complications Case studies Drama French language materials Videorecordings Parkinsonism, Postencephalitic Case studies Drama Physicians as authors Postencephalitic Parkinson's disease Case studies Drama Sacks, Oliver 1933-2015 Spanish language materials VideorecordingsSummary: A month after receiving a fatal diagnosis in January 2015, Oliver Sacks sat down for a series of filmed interviews in his apartment in New York City. For eighty hours, surrounded by family, friends, and notebooks from six decades of thinking and writing about the brain, he talked about his life and work, his abiding sense of wonder at the natural world, and the place of human beings within it....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OLISummary: Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) is a shy research physician who uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. The awakening of the first patient proves a rebirth for the doctor, too, as the patient reveals life's simple but sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor. Encouraged by Leonard's stunning recovery, Sayer administers the drug to other patients.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1997