Page 3 - BP2Z 004 Ondines Curse

Ondine’s Curse is a rare and

fatal respiratory disorder that

causes a person to stop

breathing when they are asleep.

The disorder received its name

in 1962 when two doctors,

Severinghaus and Mitchell, used

it in reference to three of their

patients. The name, Ondine’s

Curse, meanwhile is a direct

reference to an old Germanic

myth.