Stories
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Shakespeare and the four humours
Blood. Phlegm. Black bile. Yellow bile. The theory of the four humours informed many of Shakespeare's best-known characters, including the phlegmatic Falstaff.
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Diagnosing OCD in the past
Mining the writings of and about famous historical figures, retrospective psychologists try to diagnose their mental health problems. But, inevitably, partial evidence is open to misinterpretation.
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Hamlet, the melancholic Prince of Denmark
Hamlet clearly demonstrates an excess of black bile and is arguably the most famous literary melancholic.
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The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist
Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.
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A curious collection of prints by the best masters viz. prospects of cities, churches, palaces, triumphal arches, and Antiquities of Rome, and other Parts of Italy, as well as savoy piemont &c. The Effigies of Famous Persons; the Several sorts of Shipping, besides a Great number of other Extraordinary prints.
Mortier, David.Date: [1706?]- Books
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Desiderata curiosa: or, a collection of divers scarce and curious pieces relating chiefly to matters of English history; Consisting of Choice Tracts, Memoirs, Letters, Wills, Epitaphs, &c. Transcribed, Many of them, from the Originals Themselves, and the Rest from Divers Antient Ms. Copies, or the Ms. Collections of Sundry Famous Antiquaries and other Eminent Persons, both of the Last and Present Age: the whole, as Near as Possible, digested into an Order of Time, and Illustrated with Ample Notes, Contents, Additional Discourses, and a Complete Index. By Francis Peck, M. A. Rector of Godeby Near Melton in Leicestershire. Adorned with Cuts. A new edition, greatly corrected, with some memoirs of the life and writings of Mr. Peck. ...
Peck, Francis, 1692-1743.Date: MDCCLXXIX. [1779]- Books
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Lucius Annæus Florus, his Epitome of Roman History, from Romulus to Augustus Cæsar. Made English from the best editions and Corrections of Learned Men. Illustrated with cxxvi cuts, the Heads of the Roman Kings, Generals, and other Famous Persons: Collected from Authentick Monuments, by the late Excellent Graevius; and copied from his Edition by a Curious Hand. With A Good Chronology and Directions to find the several Heads of History in all the best Authors.
Florus, Lucius Annaeus.Date: 1714- Books
Some famous persons with visual problems as shown on postage stamps / Frederick C. Blodi.
Blodi, Frederick C.Date: 1991- Books
Diseases of famous persons : a selected bibliography of the English and French medical literature / [Helen Rose Potter].
Potter, Helen Rose.Date: 1965