Article
[Doctor Pascal Rougon. An imaginary predecessor].
Revue francaise de gynecologie et d'obstetrique - 1 Jun 1993
Malinas Y, Malinas C
Abstract excerpt
Through the Rougon-Macquart series and the cases described in the last volume (Le Docteur Pascal, 1893), clinical analysis of the 58 characters identifies only seven neurotics and six alcoholics (only three of whom were Rougon-Macquart by birth). All the other illness described are unrelated to h...
Topics
- Famous Persons
- France
- Genetics
- History, 19th Century
- Hysteria
- Literature, Modern
- Medicine in Literature
- Mutation
- Pedigree
- Placebo Effect