# Post mortem: Essays, historical and medical

Author: MacLaurin, C. (Charles), 1872-1925

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69078

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Post+mortem%3A+Essays%2C+historical+and+medical+MacLaurin&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Whether the “great man” has had any real influence on the world, or whether history is merely a matter of ideas and tendencies among mankind, are still questions open to solution; but there is no doubt that great persons are still interesting; and it is the aim of this series of essays to throw such light upon them as is possible as regards their physical condition; and to consider how far their actions were influenced by their health. There are many remarkable people in history about whom we know too little to dogmatize, though we may strongly suspect that their mental and physical conditions were abnormal when they were driven to take actions which have passed into history; for instance...

## Chapters

- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/post-mortem-essays-historical-and-medical-69078/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/post-mortem-essays-historical-and-medical-69078/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/post-mortem-essays-historical-and-medical-69078/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/post-mortem-essays-historical-and-medical-69078/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/post-mortem-essays-historical-and-medical-69078/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/post-mortem-essays-historical-and-medical-69078/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/post-mortem-essays-historical-and-medical-69078/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/post-mortem-essays-historical-and-medical-69078/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/post-mortem-essays-historical-and-medical-69078/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/post-mortem-essays-historical-and-medical-69078/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/post-mortem-essays-historical-and-medical-69078/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/post-mortem-essays-historical-and-medical-69078/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/post-mortem-essays-historical-and-medical-69078/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/post-mortem-essays-historical-and-medical-69078/chapters/14/index.md)