The Origin of the Ill-Health of De Quincey, Carlyle, Darwin, Huxley, and Browning
by
George M. Gould
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
Taking five well known 19th century figures as his subjects, distinguished ophthalmologist George M. Gould searches for the origins of ill health in Thomas de Quincey, Thomas Carlyle, Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley, and Robert Browning. He ultimately discovers eyestrain to be the root of their health...