corporate grind, Encephalitis Lethargica

"So many things get forgotten. One forgets the Depression and one forgets wars and people forget the fact that there was this enormous worldwide epidemic."

Dempsey Rice, the creator of "The Animated Mind of Oliver Sacks", shares Oliver's thoughts on the Encephalitis Lethargica epidemic of the early 20th century that inspired his book "Awakenings".

Takada Yukio retired from the corporate grind, starting a new life as a nursery teacher.



Encephalitis Lethargica
乙型腦炎
a form of encephalitis caused by a virus and characterized by headache and drowsiness leading to coma.
一種由病毒引起的腦炎，以頭痛和嗜睡導致昏迷為特徵。

grind noun (WORK)

[ S ] informal

a difficult or boring activity that needs a lot of effort:

Having to type up my handwritten work was a real grind.

The daily grind of taking care of three children was wearing her down.

[ C ] US disapproving, informal

a boring person who studies all the time and does nothing else

[ C usually plural ] Irish English, informal

extra lessons in a subject from a private teacher:

She's getting grinds.

He can give you maths grinds.

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