Contents An intriguing and enlightening read
Preface: Bogousslavsky, J.; Hennerici, M.G.;
Bäzner, H.; Bassetti, C.
Leonardo da Vinci and Stroke – Vegetarian
Diet as a Possible Cause: Öztürk, Ş.;
Altieri, M.; Troisi, P.
Neurological
Disorders in
Paul Klee’s Illness (Systemic Sclerosis)
and Artistic Transfiguration: Suter, H.
The Last Myth of Giorgio de Chirico:
Neurological Art: Bogousslavsky, J.
Egon Schiele and Dystonia: Erbguth, F.J.
Syphilis in German-Speaking Compo-
sers – ‘Examination Results Are Confiden-
tial’: Bäzner, H; Hennerici, M.G.
Famous Artists
Hector Berlioz and Other Famous
Artists with Opium Abuse: Wolf, P.L.
Shostakovich and ALS: Kalapatapu, V.R.;
Part 3
Gilkey, A.P.; Pascuzzi, R.M.
Suffering for Her Art: The Chronic Editors
Pain Syndrome of Pianist Clara Wieck-
Schumann: Altenmüller, E.; Kopiez, R. Julien Bogousslavsky
Bravo! Neurology at the Opera: Michael G. Hennerici
Matthews, B.R.
Hansjörg Bäzner
Stendhal’s Aphasic Spells: The First Report
of Transient Ischemic Attacks Followed Claudio Bassetti
by Stroke: Bogousslavsky, J.; Assal, G.
The Missing Hands of Blaise Cendrars:
Tatu, L.
Visual Experiences of Blaise Pascal:
Paciaroni, M.
Autism and Art: James, I. The third part of Neurological Disorders in Famous Artists presents paint-
‘A Man Can Be Destroyed but Not ers, musicians, and writers who had to fight against an acute or chronic
Defeated’: Ernest Hemingway’s neurological disease. Sometimes this fight was without success (e.g.
Near-Death Experience and Declining
Health: Dieguez, S.
Shostakovich, Schumann, Wolf, Pascal), but often a dynamic and paradox-
ical creativity of the clinical disorder was integrated into their artistic pro-
‘The Adventure’: Charles-Ferdinand
Ramuz’s Extraordinary Stroke Diary:
duction (e.g. Klee, Ramuz). Occasionally, some even wrote the first report
Bogousslavsky, J. of a medical condition they observed in themselves, like Stendhal who
Portrayal of Neurological Illness and made a detailed report of aphasic transient ischemic attacks before dying
Physicians in the Works of Shakespeare: of stroke shortly thereafter. In rarer instances, a neurological disease was
Matthews, B.R. inaccurately attributed to an artist in order to explain certain features of
The Neurology of Literature: Perkin, G.D. his work (de Chirico, Schiele). Some chapters in this publication focus on
neurological conditions reported in artistic work, including descriptions
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