Doctors use it to describe patients who have lost parts or all of their ability to focus attention.
Today, there are reports in the literature describing patients who survive.
Both of the patients described above had P vivax infection.
Indeed, the first patient in the medical literature, described in 1689, was a 16-year-old English boy.
Anyway, crazy isn't a word we use to describe patients anymore.
The patient described here took an overdose not long after her marriage somewhat unexpectedly came to an end.
For many of the patients described in this report, the initial hypnosis session took approximately 45 minutes.
Both the young adult patients described above had pyogenic meningitis.
It focused on some of the "sleeping sickness" patients described in the book of the same name.
The patient described in the article was courageous enough to spontaneously disclose this crucial information.