Marcel Proust's diseases and doctors: the neurological story of a life

[sammason]

A recent comment in this comm by plasticsturgeon led me to this article about Marcel Proust. Apparently 'Proust's life followed an unusual neurological itinerary, which has been largely overlooked, but which is in fact critical for an understanding of his literary work.' He had asthma and irregular sleep, and he knew (and was related to) several important medical

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[sammason]

You have a point. Except what you say about academics. In the cloisters, most of us are weird.