In the land of pain
Famous Persons
Syphilis
Authors, French
France, biography
Medicine in Literature
French Authors
Pain
Authors, biography
Diaries
Personal narratives
Health
Patients
New York Times reviewed
Biography
The nineteenth-century French writer offers an account of his life as he succumbed to the pain of syphilis, detailing the symptoms of his disease, his fellow patients in search of a cure, and the impact of his physical suffering.
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