title: Jonathan Swift (1667-1745): master satirist, eccentric dean and frustrated lover.
abstract: Jonathan Swift, Irish author and poet, became an Anglican Dean with a macabre interest in medicine. He wrote 'Verses on the Death of Dr Swift' predicting how his death would be received in Dublin and London.
authors.affiliation: Loma Linda University, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carter
mesh_terms: D005197:Famous Persons; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D011643:Publishing / Q000266:history*; D014956:Writing / Q000266:history*