Includes bibliographies.

Sorsby, A. Noah, an albino -- Brim, C.J. Job's illness, pellagra -- Brinch, O. The medical problems of Henry VIII -- Keith, A., Sir. Shakespeare's skull and brain -- Leftwich, R.W. The evidence of disease in Shakespeare's handwriting -- Sorsby, A. Milton's blindness -- Wilson, T.G. Swift's deafness and his last illness -- Rolleston, H., Sir. Samuel Johnson's medical experiences -- Macalpine, I. and Hunter, R. The insanity of George III, a classic case of porphyria -- Brooke, J. Historical implications of porphyria -- Cope, Z., Sir. Jane Austen's last illnes -- Sorsby, M. Beethoven's deafness -- Chaplin, A. The illness and death of Napoleon -- Woodruff, A.W. Darwin's health in relation to his voyage to South America -- Schwartz, H. Abraham Lincoln's Marfan syndrome.