Tenements of clay
Subtitle: an anthology of medical biographical essays
By: chosen and edited by Arnold Sorsby.
Contributors: Sorsby, Arnold, 1900-
Publisher: Scribner; Charles Scribner's Sons
Published: 1975
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Medicine -- Case studies; Biography -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Sorsby, A. Noah, an albino.; title: Brim, C. J. Job's illness, pellagra.; title: Brinch, O. The medical problems of Henry VIII.; title: Keith, A., Sir. Shakespeare's skull and brain.; title: Leftwich, R. W. The evidence of disease in Shakespeare's handwriting.; title: Sorsby, A. Milton's blindness.; title: Wilson, T. G. Swift's deafness and his last illness.; title: Rolleston, H., Sir. Samuel Johnson's medical experiences.; title: Macalpine, I. and Hunter, R. The 'insanity' of King George III.; title: Brooke, J. Historical implications of porphyria.; title: Cope, Z., Sir. Jane Austen's last illness.; title: Sorsby, M. Beethoven's deafness.; title: Chaplin, A. The illness and death of Napoleon.; title: Woodruff, A. W. Darwin's health in relation to his voyage to South America.; title: Schwartz, H. Abraham Lincoln's Marfan syndrome.