Author: John J. Ross
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0312600763
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0312600763
Shakespeare's Tremor and Orwell's Cough: The Medical Lives of Famous Writers
The doctor suddenly appeared beside Will, startling him.
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He was sleek and prosperous, with a dainty goatee. Though he smiled reassuringly, the poet noticed that he kept a safe distance. In a soothing, urbane voice, the physician explained the treatment: stewed prunes to evacuate the bowels; succulent meats to ease digestion; cinnabar and the sweating tub to cleanse the disease from the skin. The doctor warned of minor side effects: uncontrolled drooling, fetid breath, bloody gums, shakes and palsies. Yet desperate diseases called for desperate remedies, of course.Were Shakespeare's shaky handwriting, his obsession with venereal disease, and his premature retirement connected? Did John Milton go blind from his propaganda
Shakespeare's Tremor and Orwell's Cough: The Medical Lives of Famous Writers
The Bard meets 'House 'in John J. Ross's 'Shakespeare's Tremor and Orwell's Cough,' an illumination of the medical mysteries surrounding ten of the English language's most heralded writers.Were Shakespeare's shaky handwriting, his obsession with venereal disease, and his premature retirement connected? Did John Milton go blind from his propaganda work for Oliver Cromwell, or did he have a rare and devastating complication of a very common eye problem? Did Jonathan Swift's preoccupation with sex and filth result from a neurological condition that might also explain his late-life surge in creati
Shakespeare's Tremor and Orwell's Cough
Shakespeare's Tremor and Orwell's Cough: The Medical Lives of Famous Writers John J Ross Product code : 9780312600761 Format :Hardback 304 pages Category :General Published :16 October 2012 Condition :Brand new, unused SYNOPSIS The Bard meets "House "in John J. Ross's "Shakespeare's Tremor and Orwell's Cough," an illumination of the medical mysteries surrounding ten of the English language's most heralded writers.Were Shakespeare's shaky handwriting, his obsession with venereal disease, and his
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He was sleek and prosperous, with a dainty goatee. Though he smiled reassuringly, the poet noticed that he kept a safe distance. In a soothing, urbane voice, the physician explained the treatment: stewed prunes to evacuate the bowels; succulent meats to ease digestion; cinnabar and the sweating tub to cleanse the disease from the skin. The doctor warned of minor side effects: uncontrolled drooling, fetid breath, bloody gums, shakes and palsies
Were Shakespeare's shaky handwriting, his obsession with venereal disease, and his premature retirement connected? Did John Milton go blind from his propaganda
