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Title: A revelation
Review: Dramatization of the book by Dr. Olive Saks, it is the true account of a research project taken on by Dr. Sayers (pseudonym) at a hospital for chronic neurological patients. These patients have been catatonic for years after having suffered some form of encephalitis. Dr. Sayres believes they have some degree of awareness and are not just vegetables and he has an idea on how to "awaken" them from this frozen state. The outcome of the research and the things learned from it are heartening in spite of appearing not to be. There are people "in there" and this is a film that should be seen and a book that should be read by everyone who has a loved one or family member in such a state, or in a coma, or in a so-called "vegetative" state. They might not be as unaware as we think. Also the medical community needs to be less tunnel-visioned. Not every medical "fact" this year will be a fact next year.
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