This anthology comprises a wide range of literary and medical writings on illness from over 330 sources. It includes works from both men and women, spanning from Deuteronomy and Hippocrates to Virginia Woolf and Oliver Sacks. Each chapter focuses on a different theme, with a clear introduction provided for easy understanding. The impressive resume of the editor, a respected English professor with over thirty publications, including poetry, novels, and literary criticism, further adds to the value of this collection. Excerpts are clearly labeled with the title and year of publication for easy referencing, and a comprehensive index of authors and sources is included for targeted research.

1. Generalities;

2. Illnesses (greater and lesser);

3. Eyes, Ears and Teeth;

4. Doctors and Cures;

5. Hospitals and Patients;

6. Philosophers and Kings;

7. Intellectual and Spiritual Frets;

8. Strange Complaints, Mishaps, Embarrassments;

9. Imaginary, Feigned, Psychological;

10. Melancholy and Love Sickness;

11. Manias, Phobias, Fantasies, Fears;

12. Breakdown and Madness;

13. Young and Old;

14. Animals; 15.

Invalids and Convalescents;

16. Short and Sharp (a collection of pithy aphorisms about illness).

Book details:

• Title: Ill at Ease. Writers on Ailments Real and Imagined
• Author: D.J. Enright (ed.)
• Condition: Very Good, Dustjacket slight worn
• Binding: Bound with Dustjacket
• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication Date: 1989