When Waking up After Decades Turned out to Be Temporary

Around 1917, an unknown illness dubbed “sleeping sickness” caused people to suffer severe sleepiness and delirium. Some even became paralyzed for decades until a temporary cure was discovered in the 1960s. The story of this illness is tragic but offered new insight into how our brains function.

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