Medical Library and Historical Journal, Vol. 5

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Excerpt from Medical Library and Historical Journal, Vol. 5: December, 1907Thomas H ood. - A tendency to consumption on the mother's side, fatal to three of her children and ultimately to herself, was at the root of those complicated disorders which made the life of Thomas Hood 'one long disease.' The Song of the Shirt (christmas number of Punch, The Haunted House, The Lay of the Labourer and The Bridge of Sighs were all written at a time when his disease was almost in the terminal stage, proving that, as the darkness of his own prospects deepened, the sympathies with his kind deepened also, and quickened his finest genius.Laurence Sterne. - Sterne's health broke about the time of his first success (the two first volumes of Tristram The Sentimental Journey was published on February 28, 1768, and Sterne died of consumption on March 18 of the same year. He was one of a very large family, most of whom died in early childhood. His father died in 1731 of an impaired constitution.The Journey through France and Italy was undertaken in 1765, in an attempt to prolong his life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.