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PubMed1991

[The mentally ill artist in the work of E. T. A. Hoffmann in relation to psychological theories at that time].

The work of one of the greatest writers of German Romanticism, E.T.A. Hoffmann, incorporates a great deal of current medical knowledge, which Hoffmann used in a skillful and detailed manner in the portrayal of his characters and their motives. Immersed as he was in contemporary medical practice, an interest fuelled by his own deep-seated hypochondria, he was particularly taken with the works of Philippe Pinel, Johann Christoph Reil, Carl A.F. Kluge, and Gotthelf Heinrich Schubert, who were all interested in the working of the mind. This article demonstrates how attention to Hoffmans's medical reading list offers insights useful for critical understanding of his work, using as an example the analysis of the mad goldsmith Cardillac in one of Hoffmann's most famous stories, 'Das Fräulein von Scuderi'.

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PubMed1990

[Medicine and physicians in the works of Georges Simenon].

When reading the novels of Georges Simenon, one is surprised by the high prevalence of doctors in medicine, general practitioners, specialists or university professors. With a few remarkable exceptions, most of these figures appear under a most positive angle: serenity, seriousness, devotion, scientific knowledge, social and professional success. We suggest that the origin of this phenomenon must be searched in the life of the novelist himself. Indeed, the young Simenon has been in contact with a major city hospital, the "Hôpital de Bavière" in Liège, where he was serving the early morning mass and was accompanying the priest to the dying, and with students in Medicine renting accommodation at his parents' house. Simenon had looked to study medicine and had to change his plans being told at the age of 15 that his father, suffering angina pectoris, would not survive more than 2-3 years. The prognosis was correct and this greatly impressed Simenon. At the age of 40, the novelist was given for himself the same diagnosis and prognosis, obviously erroneous this time... This event led him to write his first autobiographical work "Pedigree". All his life long, Simenon has had a major interest for Medicine, entertaining a significant personal collection of medical books and journals and having personal contacts with many physicians, some of them illustrious. We believe that all this has had a significant impact on the topics and the characters of his novels.

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PubMed1990

The doctors in Shakespeare's plays. Part One.

It is surprising how much medical data there are in Shakespeare's 37 plays. There are concise descriptions that pertain to the practice of medicine in those days and, when we look closer, even to medicine today. His plays provide a continual source of inspiration and enjoyment 350 years after he wrote them.

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