
The Fatal Sleep
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- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Current Edition
- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Part One Kindling the Flame
- Chapter One An Opportunity Arises
- Chapter Two Copper Mines and Spitting Cobras
- Part Two The Fly and the Mouse
- Chapter Three The Problem of Sleeping Sickness
- Chapter Four Africa Revisited
- Chapter Five Sleeping Sickness in the Human Patient
- Chapter Six The Mouse Model of Sleeping Sickness
- Chapter Seven A Meeting with the Animal Reservoirs
- Chapter Eight Fear and Wonder in Africa
- Part Three Hope for the Future
- Chapter Nine Further Afield and the Ugandan Dimension
- Chapter Ten Future Priorities and Challenges for a Cinderella Disease
- Chapter Eleven An Overview of Some Recent Developments in Sleeping Sickness
- Postscript
- Sources and Notes
- Glossary of Medical and Scientific Terms
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