Open AccessABOUT THE ILLNESS AND DEATH OF MAXIM GORKY
Author(s) -
Leonid I. Dvoretsky
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
tuberkulez i bolezni lëgkih/tuberkulëz i bolezni lëgkih
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.226
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2542-1506
pISSN - 2075-1230
DOI - 10.21292/2075-1230-2019-97-3-54-62
Subject(s) - maxim , memoir , literature , philosophy , history , art , epistemology
The article describes the course and nature of the disease, as well as causes of death of Maxim Gorky, the famous Russian writer. The data from his medical history and autopsy are given. Discussion of the nature of the disease is based on the letters of the writer, the memoirs of contemporaries, and conclusions of doctors who observed Maxim Gorky till the last days of his life.