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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
How a head injury in 1932 took five years to claim Maurice Ravel's life and sanity. Maurice Ravel suffered a major blow to the head in a taxi accident. This injury was not considered serious at the time of the accident. However, afterwards he began to experience aphasia-like symptoms similar to Pick's disease.