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Famous persons develop illnesses, just like the rest of us, and when they do, what happens may affect the lives of many. This chapter looks at some persons with familiar names who had diseases such as gout, agoraphobia, depression, epilepsy, Alzheimer disease, and more—and the effect these illnesses had on others. Of course, historical records and legend are sometimes on shaky ground, and Chap. 9 tells some instances of retrospective diagnosis, including medical reconsideration of the cause of death of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, the health status of Joan of Arc, and the reason for the yellow hues in Vincent van Gogh’s later paintings.
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Taylor, R.B. (2016). Famous Persons as Patients. In: White Coat Tales. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29055-3_9
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