Diagnostic reappraisal of disease in famous persons

Goldman, Armond S.; Schmalstieg, Frank C.

doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007033

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“…Is such information relevant or just tabloid-like voyeurism? Can it improve our insight in historical medical knowledge and practices (4,5)? Do artists, intentionally or unintentionally, reveal in their work evidence of their own medical defects, and do these diseases act as possible sources of inspiration (4)?…”

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“…Do artists, intentionally or unintentionally, reveal in their work evidence of their own medical defects, and do these diseases act as possible sources of inspiration (4)? Whatever the answers are, an additional problem arises when the celebrity has died some time ago and medical records are absent or incomplete (5). For example, is it true that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Vincent van Gogh each suffered from at least 10 different diseases (4,6)?…”

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