title: Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) and the medical world.
abstract: Elizabeth Gaskell had several relatives who were doctors, two of whom became well known, and she met many practitioners and specialists. This led to interesting portraits of doctors in her novels and also leads to speculation as to why she includes some real individuals and certain diagnoses and why she gave herself a poor prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Retired. 24 Overbury Road, Hereford, HR1 1JE, UK john.ross03@talktalk.net.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D049672:History, 19th Century; D008093:Literature, Modern / Q000266:history*; D008513:Medicine in Literature
keywords: Aneurysms; nineteenth century doctors