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The Pandemic of Encephalitis Lethargica, 1917-1927

  • Toronto Western Hospital 399 Bathurst Street Toronto, ON, M5T 2S6 Canada (map)

Speaker: Dr. Edward Shorter

Edward Shorter, PhD, FRSC, joined the Faculty of Medicine in 1991 and is currently Jason A Hannah Professor of the History of Medicine. He also holds the academic rank of Professor of Psychiatry. His most recent book is The Rise and Fall of the Age of Psychopharmacology (Oxford, 2021)