Neil Vickers. Coleridge and the Doctors, 1795-1806
Coleridge’s medical case is, to say the least, interesting. Not only did he think he suffered from a range of complex diseases, often at the same time – gout, scrofula and epilepsy among them – but he also treated himself with very different remedies, from walking and special diets (“I sacredly abs...
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2012
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| Zusammenfassung: | Coleridge’s medical case is, to say the least, interesting. Not only did he think he suffered from a range of complex diseases, often at the same time – gout, scrofula and epilepsy among them – but he also treated himself with very different remedies, from walking and special diets (“I sacredly abstain from Tea, which turns acid in my stomach”) to “wonder” drugs, the most wonderful of course being none other than opium itself. On top of this, he commented on his health profusely in his lette... |
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