Beethoven in Person: His Deafness, Illnesses, and Death

by Peter J. Davies

This critical reevaluation of the causes of many of Beethoven's illnesses offers detailed accounts of the treatments applied by his physicians and a comprehensive rendering of the composer's final illness, death, and burial. Separate chapters discuss the causes of many of Beethoven's illnesses, his autopsy and the exhumations. Following the rediscovery of the original Latin autopsy report in 1970, the author has discovered two faulty translations,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313315876
• ISBN13: 9780313315879
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.6"