In the land of pain
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.
BiographyPain in literaturePatientsHealthFrench AuthorsSyphilisSyphilis in literatureSyphilus in literatureDiariesNew York Times reviewedDaudet, alphonse, 1840-1897Authors, biography