Pathography
Pathography or pathography (from the Greek πάθος pathos 'sick' and γράφειν graphein 'write', literally 'drawing of a sick person') is a term from literature and medicine . It describes the research and presentation of physical and mental anomalies and illnesses of important personalities as well as the investigation of the effects of these illnesses on the spiritual work.
In addition to considering mental disorders (psychopathography) as the cause of the development of historical personalities, such as the psychopathography of Adolf Hitler or Caspar David Friedrich, there are also pathographies of living people about current diseases, which are also controversial with regard to their effects on those affected.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The big Brockhaus in twelve volumes. Brockhaus Verlag, Wiesbaden 1952
- ^ Otto Dornblüth: Clinical Dictionary . Retrieved February 16, 2017
- ↑ Hans von Trotha , Jörg Plath: Illness in the book: Pros and cons of pathography . Deutschlandradio Kultur , December 11, 2015, accessed on October 1, 2017 (in conversation with Guido Westerwelle ).
literature
- Hans Bankl, Hans Jesserer: The diseases of Ludwig van Beethoven . Maudrich, Vienna 2007, ISBN 3-85175-453-0 .
- Matthias Bormuth (ed.): Art and illness. Pathography Studies . Wallstein, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 3-8353-0113-6 .
- Armin Geus : The Prophet's Illness . Basilisken-Presse , Marburg an der Lahn 2011, ISBN 978-3-941365-15-5 .
- Hans-Joachim black, Renate black: Moses Mendelssohn and the illness of the learned. Psychological-biographical study. Wehrhahn, Hannover 2014, ISBN 978-3-86525-355-2 .