About the book: 1960 / In the book "The Fight against Madness" an American microbiologist and writer, one of the creators of the genre of scientific literature, who co-wrote with the Nobel Laureate for Literature Sinclair Lewis's famous novel "Arrowsmith", Paul de Kruy (de Kruijf) described mentally ill people who were in a state of catatonia for many years, who suddenly began to talk and retell events happening around them.