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Medical Notes Episodes

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    Ravel's Head Injury

    How a head injury in 1932 took five years to claim Maurice Ravel's life and sanity

  2. Liszt's Addictions

    Franz Liszt was plagued by self doubt despite his happy-go-lucky public persona

  3. Weber's Consumption

    When Weber moved to London he knew he was dying of tuberculosis

  4. Paganini's Obsession

    Why Niccolo Paganini was dubbed the 'violin-playing vampire'

  5. Schumann's Depression

    Why the composer Robert Schumann's depression could have masked a more serious condition

  6. Beethoven's Deafness

    Beethoven's career was threatened when he went deaf at the age of 31