616: Around the World in 80 Plagues- Encephalitis Lethargica

In This Episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh dive deep into a medical mystery from 100 years ago. Along the way, they cover the flu pandemic of 1918, sleepy sickness vs sleeping sickness, Von economo disease and hot air ballooning, viral lobotomies, age differences in disease expression, surprising info about parkinsons disease, throat dinosaurs,a new clue to the disease origin, Awakenings, and more! So Sit back, relax, and help us unravel one of history’s mysteries!

1)https://theconversation.com/a-viral-infection-of-the-mind-the-curious-case-of-encephalitis-lethargica-660
2)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9159730
3) https://tinyurl.com/y3prk9op
4)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3930727.stm
5) https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/encephalitis-lethargica
6)https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4939-0384-9

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