About the Author

Thomas Dormandy, a physician and writer, is the author of Old Masters: Great Artists in Old Age.

Reviews

"A gripping read, enlightening and moving by turns."-Evening Standard

"A model of how medical history ought to be written . . . lucid in its analysis and perspicacious in its commentary."-Peter Ackroyd, The Times of London

"General readers will find much of interest in Dormandy's stories and anecdotes."-The Bulletin of the History of Medicine

"Like an experienced suspense writer, the author of this marvelous book reserves his good news until the end. . . . One of the additional pleasures of his book lies in its vivid parentheses, case histories, even footnotes. . . . [it is] enlivened by Dormandy's mordant wit and idiosyncratic style. . . . A fine book."-Anita Brookner, The Sunday Times

"One of the most readable medical histories ever."-Sunday Express