Diagnosing Genius The Life and Death of Beethoven 1st Edition by François Martin Mai 9780773531901 0773531904

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ISBN 10: 0773531904

ISBN 13: 9780773531901

Author: François Martin Mai

Mai’s experience as a physician and psychiatrist serves as a basis for his analysis. Working from the symptoms described in the medical evidence, Beethoven’s letters and those of his friends, and the reports of his physicians, Mai compares how Beethoven’s health complaints would have been understood and treated within the medical, political, and social climate of both his time and ours. He discusses Beethoven’s terminal illness and the resulting autopsy report to consider the roles of alcohol, lead poisoning (based on the toxic levels in his hair), and syphilis in causing his death.

Table of contents:

1 The Setting

2 Beethoven’s Life

3 Beethoven’s Health Problems

4 The Interpretation

5 Illness and Creativity

Appendices

1 Glossary of Medical Terms

2 Beethoven’s Medical History

3 Criteria for Alcohol Dependence and Abuse

4 Criteria for Alcohol Dependence and Abuse

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