Encephalitis Lethargica
Foley, Paul Bernard![Encephalitis Lethargica](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/297/29782906/CHSBZCOP0329782906.jpg)
Encephalitis 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-encephalitic parkinsonism and other severe motor abnormaliti...