Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Medical Glossary
- Introduction
- 1 The Frailty of Youth
- 2 A Triumphant Old Age
- 3 Iatrogenic Afflictions
- 4 Syphilis
- 5 Alcoholism
- 6 Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and Suicide
- 7 Nerves Beyond the Edge: Other Afflictions of the Nervous System
- 8 Broken Hearts
- 9 Breathless: Respiratory Diseases
- 10 Cancer
- 11 The Ultimate Blow: Deafness
- Epilogue and Coda
- Appendix: Accidental and/or Violent Deaths
- References
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Medical Glossary
- Introduction
- 1 The Frailty of Youth
- 2 A Triumphant Old Age
- 3 Iatrogenic Afflictions
- 4 Syphilis
- 5 Alcoholism
- 6 Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and Suicide
- 7 Nerves Beyond the Edge: Other Afflictions of the Nervous System
- 8 Broken Hearts
- 9 Breathless: Respiratory Diseases
- 10 Cancer
- 11 The Ultimate Blow: Deafness
- Epilogue and Coda
- Appendix: Accidental and/or Violent Deaths
- References
- Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
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- That Jealous Demon, My Wretched HealthDisease, Death and Composers, pp. 439 - 464Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2018