Title Beethoven in person : his deafness, illnesses, and death / Peter J. Davies.

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Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	ML410 .B4 D28 2001	Available	---
Talbott: Circulating Collection	ML410.B393 D38 B4	Available	---

Description	xxiv, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series	Contributions to the study of music and dance, 0193-9041 ; no. 59
	Contributions to the study of music and dance ; no. 59.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and indexes.
Contents	Beethoven's physicians and their treatments -- The accounts of Beethoven's deafness -- Beethoven's appearance -- Final illness, death, and burial -- The autopsy -- The exhumations -- The question of venereal disease : a critical reevaluation -- The cause of Beethoven's deafness -- Gastrointestinal disorders -- Liver disease -- Respiratory catarrhs -- Rheumatic complaints -- Headaches -- Eye disorder -- The cause of Beethoven's death -- Appendix 1. Beethoven's conversation with Herr Sandra -- Appendix 2. Beethoven's compositions.
Subject	Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 -- Health.
	Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
	Health.
	Composers -- Austria -- Biography.
	Composers.
	Austria.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
	Biographies.
ISBN	0313315876 alkaline paper