Diagnosing Genius

The Life and Death of Beethoven

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Reference, History
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Author: François Martin Mai ISBN: 9780773578791
Publisher: MQUP Publication: February 9, 2007
Imprint: MQUP Language: English
Author: François Martin Mai
ISBN: 9780773578791
Publisher: MQUP
Publication: February 9, 2007
Imprint: MQUP
Language: English

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.

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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.

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