stackyFACTSImagine waking up but remaining entirely frozen in your own body for decades.
Imagine waking up but remaining entirely frozen in your own body for decades. Constantin von Economo isolated the cause of the terrifying 1920s encephalitis lethargica epidemic, a brain inflammation that literally turned millions into living statues. His meticulous autopsy work proved the brainstem was being destroyed, offering zero cure but at least giving a clinical name to the nightmare that inspired the movie Awakenings.
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