Mary Shelley's migraines and fatal stroke: some observations on their primary cause.

Acta Biomed

Dipartimento di Culture e Società, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy; The Ronin Institute, Montclair, NJ, USA. .

Published: March 2022

In this article the origins of Mary Shelley's neurological and cerebrovascular problems are described. Through a reanalysis of her biography, her early health issues caused by a dermatological condition, potentially eczema, psoriasis or chickenpox, are related, thanks to current biomedical knowledge, to her migraines and strokes, including the one that killed her.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8972846PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v93i1.12258DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

mary shelley's
8
shelley's migraines
4
migraines fatal
4
fatal stroke
4
stroke observations
4
observations primary
4
primary article
4
article origins
4
origins mary
4
shelley's neurological
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!