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World Service,14 Dec 2019,53 mins

The Awakenings

The History Hour

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An extraordinary medical experiment that brought the catatonic back to life; an IRA siege in the 70s; the killing of a young immigrant in New York that sparked mass protests; an attack on the Indian parliament in 2001, and the fight to build the Louvre's iconic pyramid in Paris. Picture: Dr Concetta Tomaino (center) with Dr Oliver Sacks (right) and patient (left) (Credit: the American Music Therapy Association)

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