![]() ![]() Sacks was forced to discontinue the drug. ![]() Many patients eventually experienced manic behaviour and Dr. Unfortunately, the positive effects of L-Dopa did not last. All of a sudden, these people who were regarded as practically dead were now all full of life again. Sacks administered L-Dopa to his patients, all of them seemed to snap back to life. The drug Levodopa, or L-Dopa for short, showed promise to serve as a potential treatment for Parkinson’s disease.Īfter Dr. But, there was hope for these stone-like people. Sacks described his patients as being “ insubstantial as ghosts, and as passive as zombies“. In other words, they were unable to move and acted more like statues than real people. Tragically, those who survived the virus were reduced to a state similar to a severe form of Parkinson’s disease. Encephalitis lethargica is a neurological disease that can eventually lead to coma. ![]() His patients comprised of people who were stricken by encephalitis lethargica. Sacks’s experiences at the Beth Abraham Home for the Incurables. Oliver Sacks(c)Luigi Novi, CC BY 3.0 The Awakenings ![]() Oliver Sack’s most famous works include: A Leg to Stand On, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and Awakenings. He dedicated his life to working with rare nervous system conditions that often had no cure. Oliver Sacks is a renowned neurologist, who documented many of his patients’ cases in the form of books. For those who are into scientific literature, the name Oliver Sacks may sound familiar. ![]()
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