Full Description
Classical and modern literature is full of patients with interesting neurological, cognitive, or psychiatric diseases, often including detailed and accurate descriptions, which suggests the authors were inspired by observations of real people. In many cases these literary portrayals of diseases even predate their formal identification by medical science. Fictional literature encompasses nearly all kinds of disorders affecting the nervous system, with certain favorites such as memory loss and behavioral syndromes. There are even unique observations that cannot be found in scientific and clinical literature because of the lack of appropriate studies. Not only does literature offer a creative and humane look at disorders of the brain and mind, but just as authors have been inspired by medicine and real disorders, clinicians have also gained knowledge from literary depictions of the disorders they encounter in their daily practice. This book provides an amazing and fascinating look at neurological conditions, patients, and doctors in literature and film in a way which is both nostalgic and novel.
Contents
Preface: Bogousslavsky, J.; Dieguez, S.; Madness in Blaise Cendrars' Novels: Moravagine and Company: Tatu, L.; Bogousslavsky, J.; Balzac's Louis Lambert: Schizophrenia before Kraepelin and Bleuler: Dieguez, S.; Hysteria in Fin de Siecle French Novels: Walusinski, O.; The Nadja Case: Bogousslavsky, J.; The Great Neurosis of Dr. Joseph Gerard: Lefrere, J.-J.; Rouillon, F.; Psychopathic Characters in Fiction: Piechowski-Jozwiak, B.; Bogousslavsky, J.; Misidentifications in Pirandello's Plays and Short Stories: Paciaroni, M.; Kilcline, T.; Doubles Everywhere: Literary Contributions to the Study of the Bodily Self: Dieguez, S.; Van Gogh's Disease in the Light of His Correspondence: Voskuil, P.H.A.; Migraine and Metaphor: Haan, J.; Stranger than Fiction: Literary and Clinical Amnesia: Dieguez, S.; Annoni, J.-M.; Alcoholism between Fiction and Reality: Carota, A.; Calabrese, P.; Protagonists with Parkinson's Disease: Haan, J.; Some Movement Disorders: Perkin, G.D.; Epilepsy in Dostoevsky's Novels: Voskuil, P.H.A.; Theater in Professor Charcot's Galaxy: Poirier, J.; Philippon, J.; Doctors in Balzac's Work: Moulin, T.; Doctor Chekhov's Doctors: Crommelynck, I.; Marcel Proust's Fictional Diseases and Doctors: Bogousslavsky, J.
