. Annals of medical history. day herode 21 miles to reach the Chateau deMontaigne, having quitted this samespot on June 22, 1580, to go to La Fere,my journey having lasted seventeen monthsand eight days. CLINICAL RECORD OF THE JOURNEY A review of Montaignes physical con-dition during his journey across France toGermanv, Switzerland, Austria and Italy, 342 Annals 0/ Medical History reaching as far south as Rome, is was increasingly the victim of head-ache. He had pains and weakness of theeyes. Indigestion, manifesting itself as generalmalaise, vague abdominal distress or sharppain,
. Annals of medical history. day herode 21 miles to reach the Chateau deMontaigne, having quitted this samespot on June 22, 1580, to go to La Fere,my journey having lasted seventeen monthsand eight days. CLINICAL RECORD OF THE JOURNEY A review of Montaignes physical con-dition during his journey across France toGermanv, Switzerland, Austria and Italy, 342 Annals 0/ Medical History reaching as far south as Rome, is was increasingly the victim of head-ache. He had pains and weakness of theeyes. Indigestion, manifesting itself as generalmalaise, vague abdominal distress or sharppain, nausea, dizziness and flatulence, wasfrequent. Now and again distress in alimb hampered the freedom of his move-ments. Later came repeated attacks oftoothache and facial neuralgia, especiallyof the orbital and frontal regions. Fromtime to time heis made sick bythe treatmentprescribed. Oc-casionally he ishoarse, catchescold, suffersfrom exposureto dampness,rain and cokl,or has an annoy-ing pruritus ofthe hand andother View ol the Chateau Montaigne. The facade toward Added to theseendurable discomforts were crises of renalcolic varying from mere aching of the loinsto the most acute torture, lasting from twoto twenty-four hours. Some of them wereendurable, some did not interfere werenot unusually severe, not more violentthan usual. By others he was grievouslytormented and some occasioned violentagony. Again and again he voids gravelin incredible amount, continuously ormuch. The actual calculi passed averagedmore than one a month for the whole periodof the tour. But the record of the days and nightsdeals with others than himself—the peoplehe meets and what they say and do; thethings he sees and hears and what thoughtsthey inspire. Pain and suffering are mini-mized at the time and forgotten the momentthey arc past. They do not even dim theprospect ahead, despite the clear indication that the road must soon come to an mental life was everything; the physicalcounted
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