Brain Fever

“a sharp touch of brain-fever” [MUSG]    Inspired by two sources of Sherlockian medical scholarship, we decided to discuss brain fever. What was brain fever, medically speaking? And why does it only rear its head in Victorian literature? Was it an actual affliction, or just a literary device? It's just a Trifle.     Please consider supporting our efforts through Patreon or PayPal.       Links / Notes

• This episode: ihose.co/trifles223
• Did Victorians Really Get Brain Fever? (JSTOR Daily)
• Reference: "Brain Fever" by Stephen Tolins, The Baker Street Journal, Vol. 41, No. 2 (1991)
• Nerve and Knowledge: Doctors, Medicine, and the Sherlockian Canon (BSI Press)

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  Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0   --