Orwell's cough : diagnosing the medical maladies and last gasps of the great writers / John Ross.

Shakespeare's tremor and Orwell's cough : the medical lives of great writers / John J. Ross.

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Orwell's cough : diagnosing the medical maladies and last gasps of the great writers / John Ross.

Shakespeare's tremor and Orwell's cough : the medical lives of great writers / John J. Ross.