Orwell's Cough: Diagnosing the Last Gasps and Medical Maladies of the Great Writers. by John J. Ross

Orwell's Cough: Diagnosing the Last Gasps and Medical Maladies of the Great Writers.

John J. Ross

288 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics health history literary
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Did Will Shakespeare’s doctors addle his brain with cinnabar and mercury? Was Jane Eyre inspired by the plagued school that claimed the Brontë clan? Did writing 1984 kill George Orwell? Dr John Ross of Harvard Medical School opens his surgery to c...

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