Revenirea la viață

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.

 

 

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