Towards the end of World War I many doctors began noticing a disease spreading throughout their population by 1919 it was around the world infecting millions. And we're not talking about the Spanish Flu.

A new disease emerged that put people to sleep and caused death by respiratory failure. Dubbed "The Sleeping Sickness", much about it is not known about it today, partly by the fact it was overshadowed by the much deadlier Spanish Flu.

Find out what the sleeping sickness pandemic did and if the disease ever came back... (hint: it did).

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https://www.neurologylive.com/view/encephalitis-lethargica-still-unexplained-sleeping-sickness

https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/140/8/2246/3970828

https://theconversation.com/a-viral-infection-of-the-mind-the-curious-case-of-encephalitis-lethargica-660

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/encephalitis-lethargica#:~:text=Encephalitis%20lethargica%20

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3930727.stm

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu

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