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Medawar, Peter Brian, 193 Mérimée, Prosper, 3 Mesmer, Franz Anton, 27 de la Mettrie, Julien Offray, 62–64 Miller, William Ian, 141 Mitford, Jessica, 52 Molière (Poquelin, Jean-Baptiste), 20, 22, 32, 127 Monro, Alexander, 10 de Montaigne, Michel, 67, 141, 163, 278 Morgan, Edwin, 196 Müller, Johannes, 100 Munthe, Axel, 22–23 Musil, Robert, ix, 192–93, 197–99 Mussolini, Benito, 27 Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 40, 89, 93, 137, 144, 190 Naipaul, Vidiadhar Surajprasad, 191 Needham, Dorothy Moyle, 165 Needham, Joseph, 164–71, 213, 278 Newmark, Peter, 201 Newton, Isaac, 189, 192, 196, 197 Nicholson, Jack, 18 Nietzsche, Friedrich, 15, 28, 43, 59, 62, 67–68, 77, 104, 110, 111, 139, 143–44, 156, 158, 215, 230, 247, 260, 267, 268, 278 Nobel, Alfred, 124 Novalis (von Hardenberg, Georg Philipp Friedrich), 237 Orwell, George (Blair, Eric), 38, 119, 140, 174, 189, 201, 204 Osler, William, 56 Paré, Ambroise, 8 Parens, Erik, 34 Pasteur, Louis, 23, 82, 198, 261 Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich, 82 Peacock, Thomas Love, 196 Perec, Georges, 77, 126, 193 Peter the Great, 12 Picken, Laurence, 168 Pirandello, Luigi, 17 Plato, 26, 37, 57, 185, 209, 225, 226, 229, 282 Poe, Edgar Allan, 133 Poincaré, Henri, 93 Ponge, Francis, 196 Pope, Alexander, 68 Popper, Karl, 147 Pressburger, Giorgio, 134, 135 Priestley, John Boynton, 188 Pritchett, Victor Sawdon, 56, 142 Proctor, Robert, 29 Proust, Marcel, 4, 24, 44–45, 47, 140, 169, 188, 189, 213, 220 Pushkin, Alexander Sergeyevich, 215 Pythagoras of Samos, 231 de Quincey, Thomas, 86, 188 Rabelais, François, 57, 127, 227–34 passim Raffles, Stamford, 214 Rasp, Charles, 175 Ravachol (Kœnigstein, François Claudius), 21 Reed, William, 256 Reich, Robert, 67 Rilke, Rainer Maria, 44, 138, 220, 232 Robertson, James, 210 Robertson, Robin, 51 de la Rochefoucauld, François, 62 Roentgen, Wilhelm Conrad, 189 Roget, Peter Marc, ix, 128 Romains, Jules, 17–32 passim, 271 Romand, Jean-Claude, 69–78 passim, 274 Rorie, David, 108 Rose, Nikolas, 237 Ross, Ronald, 188, 261 Roth, Joseph, 144, 253 Roth, Philip, 134 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 63, 67, 77, 114, 142, 218 Rowlandson, Thomas, 56, 110 Rumphius, George Eberhard, 211–14, 281 Ruskin, John, 214, 224 Ruysch, Frederik, 12 Sacks, Oliver, 189 de Sade, Donatien Alphonse François, 66, 114 Schemm, Hans, 29 Schnitzler, Julius, 253, 284 Scholem, Gershom, 110, 187, 226, 233 288  A Doctor’s Dictionary
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Schopenhauer, Arthur, 59 Schwartz, Karlene V., 122 Schweitzer, Albert, 78 Sebald, Winfried Georg, 220 Sewel, William, 212 Shakespeare, William, 88, 104, 121, 196, 214, 228, 229, 231, 234–35, 258 Shaw, George Bernard, 17, 22, 189 Simmel, Georg, 231 Skrabanek, Petr, 146–50, 277 Sloterdijk, Peter, 250 Smellie, William, 8 Smith, Zadie, 134 Snow, John, 29 Sontag, Susan, 239 Stalin, Joseph, 132, 139, 215 Stanley, Henry Morton, 84 Starobinski, Jean, 227 Steevens, George, 214 Stein, Marc Aurel, 166 Steiner, George, 169, 213, 230 Stendhal (Beyle, Marie-Henri), 3–5, 63, 66, 144, 145, 218–25 Stern, Joseph Peter, 115 Sterne, Laurence, ix, x, 136, 199, 218 Stevenson, Robert Louis, 77 Straße, Hans, 100 Strauss, Emmanuel, 108 Süskind, Patrick, 141 Suvorin, Aleksey Sergeyevich, 79, 81, 82, 85, 86, 89, 93–95 Sweeney, Matthew, 51 Swift, Jonathan, 38, 87, 88, 188, 204 Sydenham, Thomas, 119 Szasz, Thomas, 36 Tenner, Edward, 127 Theresa of Avila, 143 de Tocqueville, Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel, 150 Tolstoy, Leo Nikolayevich, 21, 81–84, 94, 138 Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich, 93 Twain, Mark, 28, 202, 223–24 Valverde, Juan, 11 Veblen, Thorstein, 65 Verne, Jules, 60, 184 Vesalius, Andreas, 9 da Vinci, Leonardo, 12, 155, 187, 195, 224, 227 Voltaire (Arouet, François-Marie), 229, 237 von Wackenfels, Wackher, 169 Wagenbach, Klaus, 97, 117 Wang Ling, 167 Waugh, Evelyn, 52 Weigand, Hermann, 236 Weil, Simone, 25, 28 Weinberger, Eliot, 131 Weiss, Ernst, 252–59 Wells, Herbert George, 183 Wilkins, John, 121 William of Ockham, 8 Williams, William Carlos, 190–91 Winchester, Simon, 166, 170, 278 Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 65, 82, 102, 106, 139, 154, 186–87, 188, 192, 231, 278 Wolfe, Tom, 64 Wolff, Kurt, 98 Wright, Jabez Yeats, William Butler, 146, 197 Zamenhof, Ludwik Lejzer, 203 Zhou Enlai, 167 Zola, Émile, 24, 83, 86, 121, 189 Zummo, Gaetano, 8 Zweig, Stefan, 17, 30, 253 Index of Names  289

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Medawar, Peter Brian, 193 Mérimée, Prosper, 3 Mesmer, Franz Anton, 27 de la Mettrie, Julien Offray, 62–64 Miller, William Ian, 141 Mitford, Jessica, 52 Molière (Poquelin, Jean-Baptiste), 20,

22, 32, 127 Monro, Alexander, 10 de Montaigne, Michel, 67, 141, 163,

278 Morgan, Edwin, 196 Müller, Johannes, 100 Munthe, Axel, 22–23 Musil, Robert, ix, 192–93, 197–99 Mussolini, Benito, 27

Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich,

40, 89, 93, 137, 144, 190 Naipaul, Vidiadhar Surajprasad, 191 Needham, Dorothy Moyle, 165 Needham, Joseph, 164–71, 213, 278 Newmark, Peter, 201 Newton, Isaac, 189, 192, 196, 197 Nicholson, Jack, 18 Nietzsche, Friedrich, 15, 28, 43, 59,

62, 67–68, 77, 104, 110, 111, 139, 143–44, 156, 158, 215, 230, 247, 260, 267, 268, 278 Nobel, Alfred, 124 Novalis (von Hardenberg, Georg

Philipp Friedrich), 237

Orwell, George (Blair, Eric), 38, 119,

140, 174, 189, 201, 204 Osler, William, 56

Paré, Ambroise, 8 Parens, Erik, 34 Pasteur, Louis, 23, 82, 198, 261 Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich, 82 Peacock, Thomas Love, 196 Perec, Georges, 77, 126, 193 Peter the Great, 12 Picken, Laurence, 168 Pirandello, Luigi, 17 Plato, 26, 37, 57, 185, 209, 225, 226,

229, 282 Poe, Edgar Allan, 133 Poincaré, Henri, 93 Ponge, Francis, 196

Pope, Alexander, 68 Popper, Karl, 147 Pressburger, Giorgio, 134, 135 Priestley, John Boynton, 188 Pritchett, Victor Sawdon, 56, 142 Proctor, Robert, 29 Proust, Marcel, 4, 24, 44–45, 47,

140, 169, 188, 189, 213, 220 Pushkin, Alexander Sergeyevich, 215 Pythagoras of Samos, 231

de Quincey, Thomas, 86, 188

Rabelais, François, 57, 127, 227–34

passim Raffles, Stamford, 214 Rasp, Charles, 175 Ravachol (Kœnigstein, François

Claudius), 21 Reed, William, 256 Reich, Robert, 67 Rilke, Rainer Maria, 44, 138, 220,

232 Robertson, James, 210 Robertson, Robin, 51 de la Rochefoucauld, François, 62 Roentgen, Wilhelm Conrad, 189 Roget, Peter Marc, ix, 128 Romains, Jules, 17–32 passim, 271 Romand, Jean-Claude, 69–78 passim,

274 Rorie, David, 108 Rose, Nikolas, 237 Ross, Ronald, 188, 261 Roth, Joseph, 144, 253 Roth, Philip, 134 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 63, 67, 77,

114, 142, 218 Rowlandson, Thomas, 56, 110 Rumphius, George Eberhard,

211–14, 281 Ruskin, John, 214, 224 Ruysch, Frederik, 12

Sacks, Oliver, 189 de Sade, Donatien Alphonse François,

66, 114 Schemm, Hans, 29 Schnitzler, Julius, 253, 284 Scholem, Gershom, 110, 187, 226,

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