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posted ago by Ffairchild ago by Ffairchild +46 / -0

Feb 3, 2018

"Just after the end of World War I, a bizarre disease known as the sleepy sickness, or lethargic encephalitis, devastated millions of people across the world and left doctors puzzled for decades afterward. According to some sources, around 1 million of those affected by the disturbing illness died, while many others were transformed into living statues and spent the rest of their lives trapped inside their bodies and locked in institutions, speechless and motionless"

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/02/03/sleepy-sickness/

So, the "Sleepy Sickness" victims were some of the ones that populated all the castle-looking Mental Institutions across the USA? Inquiry minds want to know.....