“But man is not made for defeat”: insights into Ernest Hemingway’s dementia



Document title: “But man is not made for defeat”: insights into Ernest Hemingway’s dementia
Journal: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
Database:
System number: 000568914
ISSN: 0004-282X
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal do Paraná, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba, Paraná. Brasil
Year:
Season: Ene
Volumen: 80
Number: 1
Pages: 97-100
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Portuguese abstract Ernest Hemingway é considerado um dos escritores mais lidos de todos os tempos. Durante sua vida, ele demonstrou diversos sinais de sofrimento psicológico com piora gradual durante seus últimos anos, associado à apresentação de distúrbios cognitivos. Alguns de seus sintomas, assim como o curso da doença, sugerem que ele talvez tenha padecido de uma condição neurodegenerativa orgânica que contribuiu para o seu declínio, culminando em seu suicídio em 1961. Nesta nota histórica, discutimos hipóteses diagnósticas compatíveis com a doença de Hemingway, à luz de relatos biográficos.
English abstract Ernest Hemingway is widely regarded as one of the greatest fiction writers of all time. During his life, he demonstrated several signs of psychological suffering with gradual worsening and presentation of cognitive issues over his late years. Some of his symptoms and the course of his disease suggest that he might have suffered from an organic neurodegenerative condition that contributed to his decline, which culminated in his suicide in 1961. In this historical note, we discuss diagnostic hypotheses compatible with Hemingway’s illness, in light of biographical reports.
Disciplines: Medicina,
Medicina
Keyword: Neurología,
Historia y filosofía de la medicina
Keyword: History of Medicine,
Neurology,
Art,
Dementia,
Neurodegenerative Diseases,
History and philosophy of medicine
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