Story of Blanche and Marie by Per Olov Enquist - 2007-09-01

Random House Uk Ltd. Used - Like New. New Ed. 2007. Paperback. Fine.

Paperback. Good.

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Penguin Random House. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

US: Vintage Publishing, 2007. Paperback. Good. Having Been Diagnosed With Hysteria In 1878, Blanche Wittman Was Committed To Salpêtrière Hospital For Sixteen Years. Under The Care Of The Famous M. Charcot She Was Regularly Displayed Before A Public Audience In A Catalepti c State. Over Time The Nature Of Her Participation In These Demonstrations Changed, As Did Her Relationship With M. Charcot, Until Eventually She Grad uated From Patient To Assistant. On Leaving The Hospital She Was Hired By M arie Curie To Work In Her Paris Laboratory, Where, On 17 February 1898, Aft er Successful Experiments Conducted With The Mineral Pitchblende, Radium Wa s Discovered. So Enchanted Was Marie By Its Soft Blue Glow That She Took To Keeping A Glass Vial Of Radium Salts At Her Bedside. For Blanche, The Effe cts Were More Brutal; Exposure To Radiation Necessitated The Amputation Of All Her Limbs, Save One. Marie Did Not Escape Tragedy Altogether; Her Husba nd And Collaborator Pierre Was Weakened By Illness And… Read More

Penguin Random House. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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