The Hypochondriacs Nine Tormented Lives By: Brian Dillon
non-fiction: biography, medicine 268 pages
book count: 29
This book goes over the life of James Boswell, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Darwin, Florence Nightingale, Alice James, Daniel Paul Schreber, Marcel Proust, Glenn Gould, and Andy Warhol. It also goes over the changes in what people thought Hypochondria was as well as how it was treated. It talks about why in each time that it goes over people thought that that time was the highest time for there being Hypochondriacs. It was interesting to read about how some famous people did so much while constantly feeling sickly.
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