Well, Ral, I'll see what I can do. He had a disease called Meniere's Syndrome. Sort of like being violently seasick in the middle of a great earthquake. Gulliver's Travels is one of the most extended satires in all literature.
Nothing is spared.
Not even Gulliver himself. What he doesn't learn is more important than what he learns. Parts 1 and 2 are political and cultural satire. Book 3 is scientific satire. Book four is is philosophical and intellectual satire.