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Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) and the medical world

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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL BIOGRAPHY
Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 215-219

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0967772014525102

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Aneurysms; nineteenth century doctors

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Elizabeth Gaskell had several relatives who were doctors, two of whom became well known, and she met many practitioners and specialists. This led to interesting portraits of doctors in her novels and also leads to speculation as to why she includes some real individuals and certain diagnoses and why she gave herself a poor prognosis.

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