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Tenements of clay : an anthology of medical biographical essays
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- Creator
- chosen and edited by Arnold Sorsby
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : Scribner, [1975] c1974
- Physical Details
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- 258 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780684140353, 0684140357
- OCLC
- ocm01501909
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Sorsby, A. Noah, an albino.--Brim, C. J. Job's illness, pellagra.--Brinch, O. The medical problems of Henry VIII.--Keith, A., Sir. Shakespeare's skull and brain.--Leftwich, R. W. The evidence of disease in Shakespeare's handwriting.--Sorsby, A. Milton's blindness.--Wilson, T. G. Swift's deafness and his last illness.--Rolleston, H., Sir. Samuel Johnson's medical experiences.--Macalpine, I. and Hunter, R. The 'insanity' of King George III.--Brooke, J. Historical implications of porphyria.--Cope, Z., Sir. Jane Austen's last illness.--Sorsby, M. Beethoven's deafness.--Chaplin, A. The illness and death of Napoleon.--Woodruff, A. W. Darwin's health in relation to his voyage to South America.--Schwartz, H. Abraham Lincoln's Marfan syndrome