Dickens in the Heart of Medicine – Ernst E. Van Der Wall Koop Vandaag

At the time of this writing, it is 150 years ago since Charles Dickens passed away on 9 June 1870. In the present memorial issue, attention is paid to several medical features of Dickens as he was fascinated by medicine and medical diseases, both in a literary and humanitarian way. These features are his fictional physicians, his real-life physicians, his fascination with eccentric medical approaches, his presumed cardiovascular disease, the potential cardiac disorders he described, and finally his impact o…