Project Gutenberg 2023-06-29 Public domain in the USA. 189 MacLaurin, C. (Charles) 1872 1925 MacLaurin, Charles Mere mortals : $b Medico-historical essays $aUnited States :$bGeorge H. Doran Company, $c1925. At top of title page-- Post Mortems: Two Dr. Johnson -- King Henry the Saint -- The tragedy of the Tudors: King Henry VIII. Edward VI. Mary Tudor. Queen Elizabeth -- Ivan the Terrible -- Luther's devil -- Henry Fielding -- King James I -- King Charles I -- King Charles II, Catherine of Braganza and Nell Gwynn -- Henri Quatre and Marguerite de Valois -- Frederick the Great -- The children's crusade -- Some epidemics of social importance -- F. W. Nietzsche -- Arthur Schopenhauer -- Baruch Spinoza. MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Mere Mortals: Medico-Historical Essays" by C. MacLaurin is a collection of medico-historical essays written in the early 20th century. The essays focus on the intersection of medical knowledge and historical figures, analyzing their lives through a medical lens, particularly examining their mental and physical health. The collection delves into various prominent individuals from history, including Dr. Samuel Johnson and King Henry VIII, exploring how their ailments and psychological conditions may have influenced their actions and legacies. At the start of the book, the author introduces the idea that history must be written with imagination, setting the stage for a unique exploration of famous historical figures through the lens of medicine. The opening essay discusses Dr. Johnson, suggesting that his experiences in childhood, including a suspected illness and a nervous temperament, could indicate he was psychasthenic—leading to his eccentric behavior in adulthood. MacLaurin argues that this condition, alongside the immense pressures of Johnson's early life, profoundly shaped his character and legacy, influencing both his literary output and his interactions with others. The reader is invited to consider how these physical and psychological factors contributed to the complex personalities and stories of historical figures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/meremortalsmedic0000macl 20220811013832maclaurin 1925 US Reading ease score: 61.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Biography Pathology CT D Text Category: Biographies Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: History - Other Category: Health & Medicine Category: Psychiatry/Psychology 408038 2025-09-28T07:22:35.675114 text/html 406165 2023-06-29T06:34:48 text/html 397987 2025-09-28T07:22:42.024591 application/epub+zip 395014 2025-09-28T07:22:37.190736 application/epub+zip 308102 2025-09-28T07:22:36.325636 application/epub+zip 934535 2025-09-28T07:22:45.742567 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 892816 2025-09-28T07:22:41.371641 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365659 2025-09-28T07:22:35.006103 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 365418 2023-06-29T06:34:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19668 2025-09-28T07:22:45.887545 application/rdf+xml 10346 2025-09-28T07:22:36.616112 image/jpeg 1648 2025-09-28T07:22:36.471605 image/jpeg 141743 2023-06-29T06:34:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 778473 2023-06-29T06:34:49 application/octet-stream application/zip 786947 2025-09-28T07:22:35.714171 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog