In Memoriam: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).

The eyes of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Johann Sebastian Bach's only physical problem seems to have been his vision. Myopia seems most likely, and it is probable that he developed cataracts at an older age. In addition to the cataracts, his worsening vision may have been due in part to some other eye problem. During the last year of his life, Bach's vision became so poor that he decided to have his eyes operated on. Two operations we...

Johann Heinrich Cohausen (1665–1750), Salt Iatrochemistry, and Theories of Longevity in his Satire, Hermippus Redivivus (1742)

Johann Heinrich Cohausen (1665–1750) was a physician and well-known author in the Germanies, France, and England (Figure 1). He was best known for medical satire such as the Pica Nasi, a Latin parody on snuff in which Apollo ordered Mercury to confiscate the noses of snuff-takers. When the satyrs returned them, the desperate victims grabbed the wrong noses and were unrecognizable (Figure 2). Th...

Sebastian

The work with Sebastian has centered around an attempt to correlate certain factors of efficiency in adolescence and an analysis of increased Binet I. Q. with increased physical fitness. Sebastian comes of American stock of average social status. His parents are of average mentality. There is no history of specific disease, but for some ten years the family finances have been at a very low leve...

[George Berkeley (1685-1753) (I)].

In Memoriam-Professor Ajit K.Padhy

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