Orwell's cough : diagnosing the medical maladies and last gasps of the great writers
Ross, John J. (John James), 1966-2012
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John Ross peppers his tales with vivid vignettes of medical practice through the centuries, from Shakespeare's cloaked visits to Southwark to cure his unsavoury rashes to the arsenic-and-horse-serum jabs given for Yeats's fevers.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Oneworld, 2012.
Collation:
x, 277 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: St. Martin's.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781851689514 (hbk)
Dewey class:
820.9
Language:
English
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BRN:
1998349