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When in his "Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot" Pope referred to "this long disease, my life," his statement was quite literally true, since Pope, in addition to being a dwarf and a hunchback, suffered from many diseases during his lifetime. With technical advice from several physicians, the authors present the first medical case history of the poet. Drawin



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Contents, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*A Medical Case History of Alexander Pope, pg. 7*Pope and Medicine, pg. 85*I. Circulation and Transfusion, pg. 87*II. Animalitarianism, pg. 93*III. The Mary Toft Case, pg. 109*IV. Pope and "Vomition", pg. 115*V. The "Mummius" Episode, pg. 123*Alexander Pope and Astronomy, pg. 131*I. The Old and the New, pg. 239*II. The Small in Nature, pg. 243*III. Grottoes and Geology, pg. 251*IV. Color and Light, pg. 266*Dr. Thomas Thompson, pg. 297*Index, pg. 307

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/8/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780691622460, 978-0691622460
      ISBN10: 0691622469

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      Book Synopsis

      When in his "Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot" Pope referred to "this long disease, my life," his statement was quite literally true, since Pope, in addition to being a dwarf and a hunchback, suffered from many diseases during his lifetime. With technical advice from several physicians, the authors present the first medical case history of the poet. Drawin



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Contents, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*A Medical Case History of Alexander Pope, pg. 7*Pope and Medicine, pg. 85*I. Circulation and Transfusion, pg. 87*II. Animalitarianism, pg. 93*III. The Mary Toft Case, pg. 109*IV. Pope and "Vomition", pg. 115*V. The "Mummius" Episode, pg. 123*Alexander Pope and Astronomy, pg. 131*I. The Old and the New, pg. 239*II. The Small in Nature, pg. 243*III. Grottoes and Geology, pg. 251*IV. Color and Light, pg. 266*Dr. Thomas Thompson, pg. 297*Index, pg. 307

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