That jealous demon, my wretched health
Subtitle: disease, death and composers
By: Jonathan Noble ; foreword by Petroc Trelawny
Contributors: Trelawny, Petroc, writer of foreword
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9781783272587; 9781787442283
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Composers; Health and hygiene; Death; Diseases
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-464) and index.
Table of contents: title: The frailty of youth; title: A triumphant old age; title: Iatrogenic afflictions; title: Syphilis; title: Alcoholism; title: Troubled minds: mental illness and suicide; title: Nerves beyond the edge: other afflictions of the nervous system; title: Broken hearts; title: Breathless: respiratory diseases; title: Cancer; title: The ultimate blow: deadness.