Multiple Sclerosis: The History of a Disease (repost)
Multiple Sclerosis: The History of a Disease by Dr. T. Jock Murray MD
English | ISBN: 1888799803 | 2005 | PDF | 576 pages | 7,4 mb
English | ISBN: 1888799803 | 2005 | PDF | 576 pages | 7,4 mb
In this elegantly written and comprehensive history, we meet individuals who suffered with multiple sclerosis in the centuries before the disease had a name, including blessed Lidwina of Holland, who took joy from her misery, believing that she was sent to accept suffering for the sins of others; Augustus, grandson of George III and cousin of Queen Victoria, whose case shows how someone with access to the best of medical care of the age was understood and managed; and Heinrich Heine, the great German poet, who also had access to all medical services that were available, but who progressed into his mattress grave in two decades, aware of the loss of physical ability while still able to compose great poetry to the end.