Revenirea la viață

Oliver Sacks

În 1969, într-un spital din apropierea New Yorkului, un grup de pacienți suferind de grave tulburări neurologice trăiesc o experiență extraordinară: după o jumătate de secol în care fuseseră încremeniți, ca niște „morți vii“, incapabili să gândească, să vorbească și să se miște normal, sunt treziți la viață de un medicament-minune.

Oliver Sacks, doctorul care a inițiat experimentul, spune în Revenirea la viață povestea acestor pacienți – o poveste emoționantă și, în același timp, revelatoare pentru condiția umană.

CUPRINS:

Prefaţă la prima ediţie                                                                                 
Prefaţă la ediţia din 1990                                                                           
Cuvânt înainte la ediţia din 1990                                                                      
Parkinson şi parkinsonismul                                                                     
Boala somnului (encephalitis lethargica)                                                  
Perioada ce a urmat bolii somnului (1927–1967)                                   
Viaţa la Mount Carmel                                                                              
Apariţia L‑DOPA                                                                                            
REVENIREA LA VIAŢĂ                                                                                    
Frances D.                                                                                                  
Magda B.                                                                                                     
Robert O.                                                                                             
Hester Y. .                                                                                                   
Rolando P.                                                                                               
Miriam H.                                                                                                   
Lucy K                                                                                                         
Margaret A.                                                                                                  
Miron V.                                                                                                           
Gertie C.                                                                                                   
Martha N.                                                                                                
Frank G                                                                                                   
Maria G.                                                                                                        
Rachel I.                                                                                             
Aaron E                                                                                                   
George W.                                                                                                     
Cecil M.                                                                                                     
Leonard L                                                                                                                                                                                                
Perspective                                                                              
Revenirea la viaţă                                                                                     
Suferinţa                                                                                                     
Adaptarea                                                                                                  
Epilog (1982)                                                                                          
Post‑scriptum (1990)                                                                                   
ANEXE                                                                                                        
O istorie a bolii somnului                                                                      
Medicamente „minune“:
Freud, William James şi Havelock Ellis                                           
Baza electrică a revenirii la viaţă                                                         
Dincolo de L‑DOPA                                                                                       
Spaţiul şi timpul parkinsoniene                                                                 
Haosul şi revenirea la viaţă                                                                          
Revenirea la viaţă pe scenă şi pe ecran                                                
Glosar                                                                                                        
Bibliografie                        

RECENZII