Mentored by a Madman 2017 Directed by Ben Crowe

The William Burroughs Experiment: A conversation with A.J.Lees and Mike Zandi. Hanging out with the molecules. A guide to neurology, discovery, and the Parkinson's Disease. 11th April is World Parkinson's Day and the anniversary of James Parkinson's birth. It is also 200 years since he published his essay on the shaking palsy. Watch our film about world authority on PD Professor Andrew Lees, by award winning documentary maker Ben Crowe, in which Professor Lees calls for a more creative approach to research. The film puts a spotlight on William Gowers and the process of neurology. Gowers (1845-1915) was a key figure in establishing the National Hospital as the single most important institution in the field of epilepsy in the last three decades of the nineteenth century.

Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Gnere Documentary
Production Companies Hopen Multimedia , ANCR
Release Date 11 April 2017
25 mins
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Andrew John Lees Professor of Neurology
Michael Zandi Neurologist
William Gowers Neurologist (archive footage)
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