Brain on fire : my month of madness / by Susannah Cahalan.
Brain on fire : my month of madness / by Susannah Cahalan.
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Publisher
New York : Free Press, 2012.
Date
2012.
Call Numbers
G 2013/1191
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Crazy -- The clock -- In search of lost time.
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Publisher
New York : Free Press, 2012.
Edition
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2012.
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Summary
The story of twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan and the life-saving discovery of the autoimmune disorder that nearly killed her -- and that could perhaps be the root of "demonic possessions" throughout history.
In 2009 the author woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. Her medical records chronicled a month long hospital stay of which she had no memory at all; the records showed psychosis, violence, and dangerous instability. Yet, only weeks earlier she had been a healthy, ambitious twenty-f...
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Brain on fire : my month of madness / by Susannah Cahalan.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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G 2013/1191
Record Identifier
74Vvxey3dLyM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvxey3dLyM
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ISBN
1451621396 (ebook)
9781451621372
145162137X
9781451621396 (ebook)
DDC
616.8320092
MMS ID
991016914149702626
