Post mortem: Essays, historical and medical

"Post Mortem: Essays, Historical and Medical" by C. MacLaurin is a compilation of writings that mixes historical stories with medical knowledge. These essays explore the idea that the health of famous people from the past affected what they did and what happened to them. The author looks at people like Henry VIII and Jeanne d'Arc in a new way, using medical ideas to understand their lives, and offers a different angle on their choices and effects on history. MacLaurin starts by explaining that he wants to closely examine the health of people from the past to see how their bodies and minds might have driven their actions, with a special focus on Henry VIII, his many marriages, and Anne Boleyn, aiming for a more complete picture of these figures than history usually shows.