Ludwig van Beethoven
Okay, not even I can somehow tie this into the medical humanities, but
Today is probably Beethoven's birthday. On Dec. 16 (or Dec. 17), 1770, Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany. I think that is worth marking.
Addendum: I have been thinking about the results of the HRT study that I wrote about yesterday, and discussing it with some mentors, and I think that the post could be misunderstood, especially for its tone. Look for an amendment and an attempt at clarification at some point today.
Amendment is now up. See below.
UPDATE: My word, my brain is quite addled today. Thanks to Penny Richards over at Disability Studies Blog for pointing out in the comments that there is an obvious connection between Beethoven and medical humanities: his own lived experiences with deafness.
Sure you can tie Beethoven's birthday to medical humanities--he wrote letters describing his experience with becoming deaf, and attempts to restore his hearing:
http://www.lvbeethoven.com/Bio/BiographyDeafness.html
Posted by: Penny | December 16, 2006 at 02:04 PM
Here is a nice tribute:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwzvMslu7e0&eurl=
Posted by: Frank | December 18, 2006 at 06:33 PM