Immune suppression: Immune suppression is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database: 1  Immune disorders. 2  Immune system conditions.
Awakenings is a 1990 American drama film based on Oliver Sacks ' 1973 memoir of the same title.It tells the true story of British neurologist Oliver Sacks, fictionalized as American Malcolm Sayer (portrayed by Robin Williams), who, in 1969, discovered beneficial effects of the drug L-Dopa.He administered it to catatonic patients who survived the 1917â28 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica.wakenings opened in limited release on December 22, 1990 with an opening weekend gross of $417,076. The film then expanded to a wide release on January 11, 1991, opening in second place behind Home Alone ââ'âs ninth weekend, with $8,306,532.
The disease gained notoriety with a 1973 book by neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks which later became the 1990 film Awakenings starring Robin Williams as Dr. Sacks and Robert DeNiro as a patient who briefly came back to life after treatment with the drug L-dopa.ocumentary investigation of the science behind the mysterious epidemic of the disease known as encephalitis lethargica, an inflammation of the brain that left many victims in a trance-like state for decades. The disease gained notoriety with a 1973 book by neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks which later b.