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Locked in syndrome

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http://schema.org/description

  • "As a result of a massive stroke, Jean-Dominique Bauby was afflicted with Locked-in Syndrome, a neuro-muscular disease which leaves its victim with the ability to move only his eyes and eyelids. By blinking his left eye, Bauby is able to communicate and author a book before his death."
  • "In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby suffered a stroke which left him almost totally paralysed. In an incredible demonstration of determination, he dictated, by blinking an eye, an account of his paralysis, The diving bell and the butterfly, which was published just four days before his death."

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  • "Medical (Nonfiction)"
  • "Biographical"

http://schema.org/name

  • "Locked in syndrome"
  • "Locked-in syndrome"